Eremophila gilesii

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Taxonomy: Eremophila gilesii F.Muell.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)

Bondtia berryi Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Bondtia gilesii Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Bontia berryi (F.Muell.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Bontia gilesii (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Eremophila berryi F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Eremophila gilesii var. argentea Ewart (taxonomic synonym)
Eremophila gilesii var. filiforme Ewart & O.B.Davies (taxonomic synonym)
Eremophila gilesii var. filiformis Chinnock (taxonomic synonym)
Eremophila goodwinii var. angustifolia F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Pholidia gilesii (F.Muell.) Wettst. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (15), Curtis_2012 (14), Draper_2023 (3), Jurado_1991 (6), Kew_2019_5 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (6), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (2), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Wright_2000 (2), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (29). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 81 traits from 169 records in 22 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (2); green (1); pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 10.58 mm (6.5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 10.33 mm (6-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 10.5 mm (7-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 133.05 mm2 (80-186.1 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Jurado_1991]
leaf_length (numerical): 42.32 mm (12-91 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.92 mm (0.5-5.6 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 22.8 mg (22.8-22.8 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 121.94 g/m2 (121.94-121.94 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.31 g/g (0.31-0.31 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (3); oblanceolate (2) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1); scattered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (10) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Curtis_2012; Jurado_1991; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); prostrate (1); spreading (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_5; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); nnnnyyyyyyyn (1); nnnyyyyyyyyn (1); nnyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.95 mg (0.95-0.95 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991]
seed_length (numerical): 2.75 mm (2-3.5 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
seed_width (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.8-1 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.82 m (0.1-1.2 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	24	29	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	11	17	S. 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/.
NHNSW_2023	11	16	N. 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_2007	10	15	R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165.
Curtis_2012	14	14	E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
NTH_2023	9	13	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Jurado_1991	6	6	E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	B. 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.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
NTH_2022	4	4	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. 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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Wright_2000	2	2	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Kew_2019_5	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.