AusTraits

Exocarpos homalocladus

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Family Santalaceae

Taxonomy: Exocarpos homalocladus C.Moore & F.Muell.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Exocarpos homaloclada F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
  • Exocarpos homoclada A.D.Chapm. (orthographic variant)
  • Exocarpos sp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xylophyllos homalocladus (C.Moore & F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): LHI

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 26 records in 5 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_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (50-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231116N. 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/.
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.
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/.
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.