Eremophila interstans

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Taxonomy: Eremophila interstans (S.Moore) Diels

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pholidia interstans S.Moore (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (8), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Ilic_2000 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (6), Shedley_2007 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (2), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 39 records in 15 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): 15.12 mm (2-33 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2014]
leaf_width (numerical): 0.85 mm (0.5-1.2 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (1); terete (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (4) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2022; Shedley_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
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): yynnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.81 mg/mm3 (0.81-0.81 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 4.48 m (0.9-7 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Chinnock_2007	6	8	R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165.
SAH_2023	5	6	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/.
SAH_2014	2	4	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
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.
SAH_2022	3	3	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	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
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.
Ilic_2000	1	1	J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. 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.
Shedley_2007	1	1	E. F. Shedley. Fire and Biodiversity Guidelines for the Avon Basin: Consultant Report to the Avon Catchment Council and the Department of Environment and Conservation, August 2007. Tech. rep. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, 2007.
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.