Eremophila decussata
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Taxonomy: Eremophila decussata Chinnock
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eremophila sp. Decussate (R.J.Chinnock 7735) Chinnock (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eremophila delisseri F.Muell. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (11), Draper_2023 (3), RBGK_2014 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (2), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 25 records in 8 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_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 9.25 mm (4.5-14 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (2-5.5 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: Chinnock_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- 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]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 18.33 mg (18.33-18.33 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
- seed_length (numerical): 1.35 mm (0.7-2 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinnock_2007 | 8 | 11 | R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Draper_2023 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 2 | 2 | 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. |
| RBGK_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |