Daviesia laxiflora
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Daviesia laxiflora (J.H.Willis) Crisp
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Daviesia corymbosa var. laxiflora J.H.Willis (nomenclatural synonym)
- Daviesia mimosoides var. laxiflora (J.H.Willis) J.H.Willis (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Daviesia corymbosa var. arborea (W.Hill) Maiden (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (3), Crisp_2017 (22), Kew_2019_1 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 81 records in 10 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): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 120 mm (40-160 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 21.83 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: McGlone_2015]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (5) [sources: Crisp_2017; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnyyy (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.47 mg (5.47-5.47 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 2.92 mm (2.4-3.5 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.6-1.9 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ellipsoid_flattened (1) [sources: Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 10 m (10-10 m) [sources: Crisp_2017; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crisp_2017 | 15 | 22 | 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. |
| White_2020 | 20 | 20 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| RBGV_2023 | 14 | 19 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| McGlone_2015 | 6 | 6 | M. 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. |
| 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. |
| Cheal_2017 | 3 | 3 | D. 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. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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. |