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Epacris microphylla

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Family Ericaceae

Taxonomy: Epacris microphylla R.Br.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Epacris auriculata Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Epacris leptalea Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Epacris longespinulosa Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Epacris maidenii Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Epacris microphylla R.Br. var. microphylla (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Epacris pedicellata DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Epacris rivularis Sieber ex Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Epacris walteri Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Epacris pulchella Cav. (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (2), Clarke_2015 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Doherty_2021 (2), Hughes_1992 (3), Jagdish_2020 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kubiak_2009 (6), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (5), McCarthy_2017 (10), McGlone_2015 (6), Moles_2011 (7), Morgan_2014 (2), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (10), Pickering_2014 (4), Pickup_2021 (15), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2003 (5), White_2020 (54), Yang_2023 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 199 records in 31 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 (4); resprouts (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 5.91 mm2 (4.1-8.57 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995; McCarthy_2017; Moles_2011; Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014; Westoby_2003]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (1.5-4 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.06 cm (0.03-0.1 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 118.29 g/m2 (91.66-148.78 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995; McCarthy_2017; Moles_2011; Pickering_2014; Westoby_2003]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.57 g/g (0.55-0.59 g/g) [sources: Moles_2011; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); orbicular (1); ovate (1); rhomboidal (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Moles_2011]
  • leaf_hairs_immature_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Moles_2011]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (15) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; McGlone_2015; Moles_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1); zoochory (3) [sources: Kew_2019_5; Leishman_1995; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyyyn (2); nnnnnyyyyyyn (1); ynnnnnnnyyyn (2); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (5) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Yang_2023]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (7) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.03 mg (0.01-0.06 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Morgan_2014]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201854M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Pickup_2021515M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
RBGV_20231215VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231012N. 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/.
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.
NSWFRD_2014910B. 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.
Moles_201177A. T. Moles, I. R. Wallis, W. J. Foley, D. I. Warton, J. C. Stegen, A. J. Bisigato, L. Cella-Pizarro, C. J. Clark, P. S. Cohen, W. K. Cornwell, W. Edwards, R. Ejrnaes, T. Gonzales-Ojeda, B. J. Graae, G. Hay, F. C. Lumbwe, B. Magana-Rodriguez, B. D. Moore, P. L. Peri, J. R. Poulsen, R. Veldtman, H. von Zeipel, N. R. Andrew, S. L. Boulter, E. T. Borer, F. F. Campon, M. Coll, A. G. Farji-Brener, J. D. Gabriel, E. Jurado, L. A. Kyhn, B. Low, C. P. H. Mulder, K. Reardon-Smith, J. Rodriguez-Velazquez, E. W. Seabloom, P. A. Vesk, A. van Cauter, M. S. Waldram, Z. Zheng, P. G. Blendinger, B. J. Enquist, J. M. Facelli, T. Knight, J. D. Majer, M. Martinez-Ramos, P. McQuillan, and L. D. Prior. “Putting plant resistance traits on the map: A test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes”. New Phytologist 191.3 (2011), pp. 777-788. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03732.x.
Kubiak_200946P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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.
Yang_202366S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Clarke_201535P. 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.
Leishman_199555M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Westoby_200355M. Westoby and I. J. Wright. “The leaf size - twig size spectrum and its relationship to other important spectra of variation among species”. Oecologia 135 (2003), pp. 621-628. doi: 10.1007/s00442-003-1231-6.
Jagdish_202024A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Pickering_201444C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
ANBG_201912Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Morgan_201422J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
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_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
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.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.