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Erythrostemon gilliesii

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Erythrostemon gilliesii (Hook.) Klotzsch

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Caesalpinia gilliesii (Hook.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Caesalpinia gilliesii (Hook.) D.Dietr. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Caesalpinia gilliesii Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Poinciana gilliesii Hook. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (22), NTH_2022 (3), 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 24 traits from 64 records in 11 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 80 mm (60-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 16.25 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 68.65 mm (3-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.88 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.92 m (0.5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231322N. 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/.
ABRS_20231418Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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_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/.
ABRS_198122B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.