AusTraits

Daviesia leptophylla

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Daviesia leptophylla A.Cunn. ex G.Don

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Daviesia corymbosa var. stjohnii Anon. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Daviesia corymbosa var. stjohnii Ewart (taxonomic synonym)
  • Daviesia corymbosa var. stjohnii Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Daviesia corymbosa var. virgata (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Ewart (taxonomic synonym)
  • Daviesia virgata A.Cunn. ex Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Daviesia corymbosa Sm. (misapplied)
  • Daviesia corymbosa Sm. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Daviesia corymbosa var. mimosoides (R.Br.) Benth. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Daviesia mimosoides R.Br. (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (9), Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Crisp_2003 (3), Crisp_2017 (22), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), Meers_2007 (11), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (6), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (9), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (17), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Williams_2011 (8), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 69 traits from 201 records in 28 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 (1); resprouts (7) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Crisp_2003; Doherty_2021; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; 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): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.83 mm (3.5-6 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_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]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 143 mm2 (143-143 mm2) [sources: Meers_2007]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 71.01 mm (0.1-100 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 7.11 mm (0.1-10 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 185.53 g/m2 (185.53-185.53 g/m2) [sources: Meers_2007]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); linear_elliptical (2); narrowly_lanceolate (1); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • 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 (4) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (10); tree (1) [sources: Crisp_2017; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • 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): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Meers_2007; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Meers_2007]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1); insect (3) [sources: Crisp_2003; Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (4); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (2); invertebrates (2); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (2); nnnnnnnyyyyy (3) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: Meers_2007; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.36 mg (3.94-8.12 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Meers_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.81 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.79 mm (1.4-2.2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid (2); reniform (4) [sources: ANBG_2019; Crisp_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. 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.
RBGV_20231417VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231214N. 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/.
SAH_20231112S. 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/.
Meers_20071111T. Meers. “Role of plant functional traits in determining the response of vegetation to land use change on the Delatite Peninsula, Victoria.”. PhD. University of Melbourne, 2007.
ANBG_201979Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Cheal_201788D. 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.
Williams_201188R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
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_266Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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.
Wright_200044I. 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.
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.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
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/.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
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/.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.