AusTraits

Daviesia genistifolia

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Daviesia genistifolia A.Cunn. ex Benth.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Daviesia colletioides A.Cunn. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Daviesia coluteoides Walp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Daviesia genistifolia A.Cunn. ex Benth. var. genistifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Daviesia genistifolia var. colletioides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (12), Cheal_2017 (3), Clarke_2009 (2), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Crisp_2003 (3), Crisp_2017 (22), Dong_2017 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Pickup_2021 (15), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soliveres_2012 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 62 traits from 196 records in 26 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 (6); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crisp_2003; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021]
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): 9.88 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 20.5 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.06 mm (0.5-2 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 317.75 g/m2 (317.75-317.75 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); subulate (1); terete (4) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (4) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (13); subshrub (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; Crisp_2017; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Soliveres_2012; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): open (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1); insect (3) [sources: Crisp_2003; Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (3); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (3); invertebrates (2); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (5) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (6) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 16.76 mg/g (16.76-16.76 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.28 {delta}[ppth] (-25.28--25.28 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.25 mg (7.77-11.68 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.89 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.66 mm (2-3.2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid_elongated (2); reniform (3) [sources: ANBG_2019; Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201938M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Crisp_20171522M. 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.
Pickup_2021515M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
RBGV_20231115VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231215S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ANBG_2019712Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201499B. 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.
Dong_201788N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
SAH_201424J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Cheal_201733D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Crisp_200333M. 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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Soliveres_201233S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
Clarke_200922P. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.