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Eremophila bowmanii

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Taxonomy: Eremophila bowmanii F.Muell.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bondtia bowmannii Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bontia bowmanii (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eremophila bowmani F.Muell. (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Leishman_1992 (7), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), Pate_1998 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 53 records in 11 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.25 mm (6-8.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3.5-5.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.5 mm (3.5-5.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 42 mm2 (42-42 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 29.75 mm (9-50 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.3 mm (1-11.5 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); linear (1); obovate (1); orbicular (1); ovate (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Pate_1998]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; Pate_1998; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; Pate_1998; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Pate_1998]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); birds (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.12 {delta}[ppth] (-25.12--25.12 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Pate_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.91 mg (0.91-0.91 mg) [sources: Leishman_1992]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.75 m (1.5-2 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Leishman_1992]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231015N. 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/.
Chinnock_200768R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165.
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.
Pate_199866J. S. Pate, M. J. Unkovich, P. D. Erskine, and G. R. Stewart. “Australian mulga ecosystems- 13C and 15N natural abundances of biota components and their ecophysiological significance”. Plant, Cell and Environment 21.12 (1998), pp. 1231-1242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00359.x.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
Sjostrom_200622A. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.