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Eremophila divaricata

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Taxonomy: Eremophila divaricata (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bondtia divaricata Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bontia divaricata (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pholidia divaricata F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sentis rhynchocarpa F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Du_2018 (29), Du_2019 (20), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), RBGK_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 110 records in 14 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): green (1); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (2-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 3.25 mm (2-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2); indehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 16.5 mm (4.5-34 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.88 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 473.15 g/m2 (163.93-1136.36 g/m2) [sources: Du_2018]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 1.13 mm2/mg (0.21-2.06 mm2/mg) [sources: Du_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (2); oblanceolate (2); oblong (2) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Chinnock_2007; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: Chinnock_2007; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_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]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 18.53 mg (18.53-18.53 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.38 m (0.5-1.5 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Du_2018529P. Du, S. K. Arndt, and C. Farrell. “Relationships between plant drought response, traits, and climate of origin for green roof plant selection”. Ecological Applications 28.7 (2018), pp. 1752-1761. doi: 10.1002/eap.1782.
Du_2019420P. Du, S. K. Arndt, and C. Farrell. “Can the turgor loss point be used to assess drought response to select plants for green roofs in hot and dry climates?”. Plant and Soil 441.1-2 (2019), pp. 399-408. doi: 10.1007/s11104-019-04133-7.
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/.
SAH_2023811S. 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/.
Chinnock_200768R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165.
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.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal 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/.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.