Gastrolobium plicatum
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Gastrolobium plicatum Turcz.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Gastrolobium pauciflorum C.A.Gardner (taxonomic synonym)
- Nemcia pauciflora (C.A.Gardner) Crisp (taxonomic synonym)
- Nemcia plicata (Turcz.) Crisp (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Chandler_2002 (11), Collette_2021 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (19), Tsakalos_2022 (2), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 45 records in 9 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_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (25-40 mm) [sources: Chandler_2002]
- leaf_width (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: Chandler_2002]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: Chandler_2002; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Chandler_2002; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); prostrate (3) [sources: Chandler_2002; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: Chandler_2002; Tsakalos_2020]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Chandler_2002]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: Chandler_2002; WAH_2023_2]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsakalos_2020 | 18 | 19 | J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787. |
| Chandler_2002 | 8 | 11 | G. T. Chandler, M. D. Crisp, L. W. Cayzer, and R. J. Bayer. “Monograph of Gastrolobium (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae)”. Australian Systematic Botany 15 (2002), pp. 619-739. doi: 10.1071/sb01010. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | 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_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Tsakalos_2022 | 2 | 2 | J. L. Tsakalos, G. Ottaviani, S. Chelli, A. Rea, S. Elder, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands”. Annals of Botany 130.7 (2022), pp. 981-990. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac131. |
| 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. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://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. |