Dodonaea subglandulifera

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Dodonaea subglandulifera J.G.West

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Dodonaea adenophora var. ovata Ewart (taxonomic synonym)
Dodonaea sp. B (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Dodonaea tenuifolia Lindl. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (20), ANBG_2019 (3), Chen_2017 (5), Draper_2023 (4), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (4), SAH_2022 (5), SAH_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 95 records in 14 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) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Draper_2023; SAH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6.75 mm (6.5-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 9.94 mm (3-16 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.15 mm (0.8-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.1-0.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.57 mg (3.42-3.73 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.01 mm (2.01-2.01 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 2.35 mm (2.35-2.35 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); lenticular (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.75 m (1-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	20	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2023	14	20	S. 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/.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2022	5	5	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	5	5	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
SAH_2022	5	5	S. 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/.
Draper_2023	4	4	J. 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.
Kew_2019_6	1	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
ANBG_2019	3	3	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.