Eremophila eriocalyx
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Taxonomy: Eremophila eriocalyx F.Muell.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Bondtia eriocalyx Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Bontia eriocalyx (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pholidia eriocalyx (F.Muell.) Wettst. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), Chinnock_2007 (15), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (2), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 36 records in 10 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): 23.5 mm (15-32 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.4 mm (0.8-4 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): erect (1); spindly (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]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 15.88 mg (15.88-15.88 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
- seed_length (numerical): 4.47 mm (3-5.95 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chinnock_2007]
- seed_width (numerical): 2.69 mm (1-4.38 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chinnock_2007]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chinnock_2007]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.72 m (0.9-2 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinnock_2007 | 10 | 15 | R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165. |
| ANBG_2019 | 5 | 5 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| 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. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Collette_2021 | 1 | 1 | J. 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. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://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. |