Epacris franklinii
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Family Ericaceae
Taxonomy: Epacris franklinii Hook.f.
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Epacris 'Union Bridge' (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris aff. exserta (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris aff. exserta Union Bridge (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris aff. mucronulata (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris sp. (Union Bridge) (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris sp. aff. exserta (Union Bridge) (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Epacris mucronulata R.Br. (pro parte misapplied)
- Epacris mucronulata R.Br. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: McGlone_2015 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 13 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 12 mm (12-12 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: McGlone_2015]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.4 m (1.4-1.4 m) [sources: McGlone_2015]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |