Daviesia elliptica

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Daviesia elliptica Crisp

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Daviesia latifolia var. parvifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2009 (5), Crisp_2003 (3), Crisp_2017 (19), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 68 records in 12 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (4) [sources: Clarke_2009; Crisp_2003; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 26.75 mm (6-50 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 14 mm (3-25 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: Clarke_2009; Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): open (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Crisp_2003]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (3) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (3) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.07 mg (3.07-3.07 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.9 mm (2.9-2.9 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017]
seed_width (numerical): 1.9 mm (1.9-1.9 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1) [sources: Crisp_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.38 m (1-1.5 m) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Crisp_2017	15	19	M. D. Crisp, L. Cayzer, G. T. Chandler, and L. G. Cook. “A monograph of Daviesia (Mirbelieae, Faboideae, Fabaceae)”. Phytotaxa 300 (2017), pp. 1-308. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.300.1.1.
NHNSW_2023	12	17	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Clarke_2009	3	5	P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Wright_2000	4	4	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Crisp_2003	3	3	M. D. Crisp and L. G. Cook. “Phylogeny and Evolution of Anomalous Roots in Daviesia (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae)”. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164.4 (2003), pp. 603-612. ISSN: 1537-5315. doi: 10.1086/375318.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.