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Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (DC.) J.G.West

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Dodonaea angustissima DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Dodonaea attenuata A.Cunn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea attenuata A.Cunn. var. attenuata (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea attenuata var. denticulata (F.Muell.) Radlk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea attenuata var. linearis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea attenuata var. subintegra (Benth.) Radlk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea denticulata F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea preissiana Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea ptarmicifolia var. subintegra Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea sp. (Mt Bangalora P.I.Forster PIF3051) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dodonaea sp. (Mt Bangalora P.I.Forster+ PIF3051) (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (13), ANBG_2019 (5), Bloomfield_2018 (200), Cheal_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Cunningham_1999 (16), Doherty_2021 (3), Dong_2017 (23), Fonseca_2000 (9), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (5), Leishman_1992 (7), McCarthy_2017 (10), Morgan_2005 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Nano_2011 (7), Onoda_2010 (32), Pate_1998 (6), Pickup_2005 (5), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Soliveres_2012 (3), Vesk_2004 (13), Vesk_2019 (10), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36), Wright_2001 (2), Wright_2002 (70), Yang_2023 (4), Zanne_2007 (30). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 118 traits from 583 records in 40 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); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; Vesk_2004; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; Yang_2023]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 170.21 mm2 (19.3-957.41 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; McCarthy_2017; Morgan_2005; Pickup_2005; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (30-95 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.02 mm (0.1-6 mm) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 8.5 mg (5-12 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 183.17 g/m2 (74.24-248.76 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Cunningham_1999; Dong_2017; Fonseca_2000; McCarthy_2017; Morgan_2005; Pickup_2005; Vesk_2004; Wright_2002; Zanne_2007]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 2.95 mm2/mg (2.95-2.95 mm2/mg) [sources: Pickup_2005]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.24-0.6 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Cunningham_1999; Vesk_2004]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); narrowly_oblong (3); oblanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2); cam (2) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Pate_1998; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (14) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pate_1998; RBGV_2022; Soliveres_2012; Vesk_2004; Vesk_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; Pate_1998; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Cunningham_1999]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Dong_2017; Pate_1998; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Kew_2019_5; Soliveres_2012; White_2020; Yang_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); birds (1); wind (2) [sources: Soliveres_2012; White_2020; Yang_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (5) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Doherty_2021; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.86 mg/g (10.68-23.72 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Cunningham_1999; Dong_2017; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.01 mg/g (0.55-1.21 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.52 {delta}[ppth] (-29.66--23.46 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017; Pate_1998; Wright_2002]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.42 mg (2.49-8.55 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992; Wright_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.98 mg/mm3 (0.83-1.09 mg/mm3) [sources: Morgan_2005; Onoda_2010; Pickup_2005; Zanne_2007]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Pickup_2005; Zanne_2007]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Bloomfield_201824200K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
Wright_20023570I. J. Wright and M. Westoby. “Leaves at low versus high rainfall: Coordination of structure, lifespan and physiology”. New Phytologist 155 (2002), pp. 403-416. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00479.x.
White_20201836M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Onoda_2010732Y. Onoda, A. E. Richards, and M. Westoby. “The relationship between stem biomechanics and wood density is modified by rainfall in 32 Australian woody plant species”. New Phytologist 185.2 (2009), pp. 493-501. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03088.x.
Zanne_2007630A. Zanne. “Unpublished data: Hydraulic traits for NSW plant species from four field sites, Macquarie University”. 2007.
Dong_2017823N. 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.
Cunningham_19991616S. A. Cunningham, B. Summerhayes, and M. Westoby. “Evolutionary divergences in leaf structure and chemistry, comparing rainfall and soil nutrient gradients”. Ecological Monographs 69 (1999), pp. 569-588. doi: [10.1890/0012-9615(1999)069[0569:EDILSA]2.0.CO;2](https://doi.org/10.1890%2F0012-9615%281999%29069%5B0569%3AEDILSA%5D2.0.CO%3B2).
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McCarthy_2017210J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Vesk_2019310P. A. Vesk and J. D. L. Yen. “Plant resprouting: How many sprouts and how deep? Flexible modelling of multispecies experimental disturbances.”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 41 (2019), p. 125497. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2019.125497.
Fonseca_200059C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
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NSWFRD_201466B. 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.
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Kew_2019_615Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Morgan_200555H. Morgan. “Root system architecture, water use and rainfall responses of perennial species”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005.
Pickup_200555M. Pickup, M. Westoby, and A. Basden. “Dry mass costs of deploying leaf area in relation to leaf size”. Functional Ecology 19.1 (2005), pp. 88-97. doi: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00927.x.
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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.
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Wright_200122I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Seed mass reserve data for various species in NSW, Macquarie University”. 2001.
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