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Eremophila polyclada

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Family Scrophulariaceae

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

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

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Du_2018 (29), Du_2019 (20), Kew_2019_3 (2), Leishman_1992 (7), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), RBGK_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (19), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 56 traits from 175 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
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): 10.17 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3); indehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 53 mm2 (53-53 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 41.5 mm (15-80 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.22 mm (1-3.5 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 182.91 g/m2 (99.6-263.16 g/m2) [sources: Du_2018]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 1.92 mm2/mg (1.17-2.85 mm2/mg) [sources: Du_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (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 (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Kew_2019_3; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Leishman_1992; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (2); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); vertebrate (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); birds (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnyyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 34.86 mg (1.14-68.58 mg) [sources: Leishman_1992; RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology

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.
RBGV_20231419VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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_20231014S. 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.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
SAH_201424J. 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.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
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/.
Kew_2019_322Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.