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Eremophila deserti

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Taxonomy: Eremophila deserti (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Chinnock

Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eremophila desertii A.D.Chapm. (orthographic variant)
  • Eremophila myoporoides F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum apiculatum A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum deserti A.Cunn. ex Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myoporum desertii A.Cunn. ex Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myoporum dulce Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum laxiflorum Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum myaporoides Macarthur & C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum myoporoides (F.Muell.) Druce (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum patens A.Cunn. ex A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum rugulosum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum serratum var. apiculatum (A.DC.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum strictum A.Cunn. ex A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum tetrandrum var. apiculatum (A.DC.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Chinnock_2007 (15), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Dong_2017 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2018 (7), Fonseca_2000 (5), Hughes_2005 (5), McGlone_2015 (6), Morgan_2005 (5), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (5), RBGK_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Stewart_1995 (8), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2003 (4), Westoby_2014 (36), White_2020 (38), Williams_2011 (8), Wright_2001 (2), Wright_2002 (62). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 118 traits from 299 records in 34 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (4-6.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); yellow (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 108.06 mm2 (76-134.02 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Morgan_2005; Westoby_2003; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 41 mm (20-55 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 29 mg (29-29 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 222.93 g/m2 (177.16-273 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017; Dwyer_2018; Fonseca_2000; Morgan_2005; Westoby_2003; Westoby_2014; Williams_2011; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (3); oblanceolate (3) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: Chinnock_2007; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5) [sources: Munroe_2019; Stewart_1995; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (13) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Stewart_1995; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Dong_2017; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyy (2); nnnnyyyyyynn (2); yyyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.86 mg/g (14.58-17.1 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.85 mg/g (0.81-0.89 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.55 {delta}[ppth] (-27.75--25 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017; Stewart_1995; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 27.08 mg (24.66-29.5 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014; Wright_2001]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.61 mm (3-6.11 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chinnock_2007]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.42 mm (1-3.85 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chinnock_2007]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); fusiform (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chinnock_2007]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.8 mg/mm3 (0.66-0.9 mg/mm3) [sources: Dwyer_2018; Hughes_2005; Morgan_2005; Westoby_2014]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 241 {count}/mm2 (241-241 {count}/mm2) [sources: Hughes_2005]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 15 um (15-15 um) [sources: Hughes_2005]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.05 mm2/mm2 (0.05-0.05 mm2/mm2) [sources: Hughes_2005]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wright_20023462I. 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_20202038M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Westoby_20142836S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
NHNSW_20231217N. 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/.
RBGV_20231217VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Chinnock_20071015R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165.
SAH_2023912S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Dong_201788N. 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.
Stewart_199568G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Williams_201188R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Dwyer_201827J. M. Dwyer and R. Mason. “Plant community responses to thinning in densely regenerating Acacia harpophylla forest”. Restoration Ecology 26.1 (2018), pp. 97-105. doi: 10.1111/rec.12536.
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.
Fonseca_200055C. 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.
Hughes_200555K. Hughes. “Unpublished data: Wood and stem density data for Australian plant species, Macquarie University”. 2005.
Morgan_200555H. Morgan. “Root system architecture, water use and rainfall responses of perennial species”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005.
NSWFRD_201455B. 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.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Westoby_200344M. 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.
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.
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/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wright_200122I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Seed mass reserve data for various species in NSW, Macquarie University”. 2001.
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.
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.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.