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Erythrina vespertilio

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Erythrina vespertilio Benth.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Corallodendron vespertilio (Benth.) Kuntze (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: Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (14), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (6), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (23), Nano_2011 (4), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (16), Santini_2016 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (6), Sweedman_2006 (4), Tomlinson_2013 (19), Tomlinson_2019 (216), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (10), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (31). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 110 traits from 443 records in 34 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): fire_killed (2); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 86.67 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (9-14 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (7) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); grey (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3570 mm2 (3570-3570 mm2) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 63.17 mm (20-135 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 49.83 mm (4-155 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023; SAH_2014]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 7.38 cm (4.5-12 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 37.72 g/m2 (24.2-50.71 g/m2) [sources: Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 4.9 mm2/mg (4.9-4.9 mm2/mg) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.19-0.19 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.19-0.19 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); narrowly_oblong (1); rhomboidal (1); triangular (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2); cuneate (2) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (4); unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4); simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Stewart_1995]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (9) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Stewart_1995; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: 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]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014; Stewart_1995; Tomlinson_2013]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Kew_2019_5]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (1); nnnyyyyyyyyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (2); epicormic_buds (1); rhizome (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 38.67 mg/g (14.32-52.11 mg/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 3.08 mg/g (1.13-5.24 mg/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.14 {delta}[ppth] (-27.45--24.83 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Santini_2016; Stewart_1995]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 296.27 mg (116.36-476.19 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 13.65 mm (10-18 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 7.58 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
stem morphology
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 15.67 m (3-30 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Tomlinson_201911216K. W. Tomlinson, F. J. Sterck, E. R. M. Barbosa, S. de Bie, H. H. T. Prins, and F. van Langevelde. “Seedling growth of savanna tree species from three continents under grass competition and nutrient limitation in a greenhouse experiment”. Journal of Ecology 107.3 (2019), pp. 1051-1066. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13085.
eFLOWER_Dun_20222631L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NTH_20231723D. 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/.
Tomlinson_20131919K. W. Tomlinson, L. Poorter, F. J. Sterck, F. Borghetti, D. Ward, S. de Bie, and F. van Langevelde. “Leaf adaptations of evergreen and deciduous trees of semi-arid and humid savannas on three continents”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2013), pp. 430-440. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12056.
Santini_2016918N. S. Santini, J. Cleverly, R. Faux, C. Lestrange, R. Rumman, and D. Eamus. “Xylem traits and water-use efficiency of woody species co-occurring in the Ti Tree Basin arid zone”. Trees 30.1 (2015), pp. 295-303. doi: 10.1007/s00468-015-1301-5.
SAH_20231316S. 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/.
Cooper_20131114W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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/.
Kooyman_20111012R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Wright_20001010I. 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.
NSWFRD_201466B. 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.
Stewart_199566G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Gross_200544C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
Nano_201134C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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/.
NTH_201433Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
NTH_202233D. 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_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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Ilic_200011J. 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.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.