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Geijera linearifolia

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Geijera linearifolia (DC.) J.M.Black

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eriostemon linearifolium DC. (orthographic variant)
  • Eriostemon linearifolius DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Geijera parviflora var. crassifolia Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Zanthoxylum australasicum A.Juss. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (27), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_1 (9), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (29). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 68 traits from 125 records in 18 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): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2); mericarp (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 36.67 mm (15-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.58 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.3 cm (0.1-0.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (1) [sources: WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 20.66 mg (20.66-20.66 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (3-5.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20222329L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
SAH_20231827S. 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/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231013Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2023_179Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
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.
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.
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_133Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
Collette_202111J. 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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 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.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.