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Grevillea buxifolia

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Grevillea buxifolia (Sm.) R.Br.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Embothrium buxifolium Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Stylurus buxifolia (Sm.) Knight (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (12), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (2), Falster_2003 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Gallagher_2018 (40), Henery_2001 (3), Hughes_1992 (5), Jordan_2020 (8), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kubiak_2009 (11), Laxton_2005 (11), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Leishman_2007 (17), Moles_2000 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (11), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tsujii_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (30), Wright_2002 (69). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 110 traits from 285 records in 30 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 (3); partial_resprouting (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 20 mm (18-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 58.2 mm2 (39.22-116.17 mm2) [sources: Falster_2003; Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2018; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; Moles_2000; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 18 mm (7-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.63 mm (2-8.5 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 7.44 mg (5.45-11.23 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2018]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 233.3 g/m2 (77.12-1142.41 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2018; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; Leishman_2007; Moles_2000; Tsujii_2023; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (1); narrowly_oblong (1); obovate (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; Falster_2003; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Moles_2000]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 47.4 deg (47.4-47.4 deg) [sources: Falster_2003]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Leishman_2007; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.09 mg/g (7-10.09 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018; Laxton_2005; Leishman_2007; Tsujii_2023; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.23 mg/g (0.18-0.26 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018; Tsujii_2023; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.37 {delta}[ppth] (-29.1--27.64 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 51.54 mg (32.5-59.43 mg) [sources: Henery_2001; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.69 mg/mm3 (0.69-0.69 mg/mm3) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.75 m (0.5-2.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wright_20023469I. J. Wright and M. Westoby. “Leaves at low versus high rainfall: Coordination of structure, lifespan and physiology”. New Phytologist 155 (2002), pp. 403-416. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00479.x.
Gallagher_2018540R. Gallagher, A. Phillips, B. Laugier-Kitchener, C. Laws, D. Lanceman, D. M. Londono, E. McFarlane, J. Foster, K. Marais, L. Pollitt, L. Kovac, M. Lambert, S. Amini, T. Boreham, T. Pyne, H. McPherson, M. Rossetto, M. van der Merwe, I. Wright, and and Matthew Alfonzetti. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens, Macquarie University”. 2018.
Westoby_20143030S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
Leishman_2007717M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
ABRS_2023812Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kubiak_2009611P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Laxton_20051111E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
NSWFRD_20141011B. 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.
Jordan_202088G. J. Jordan, R. J. Carpenter, B. R. Holland, N. J. Beeton, M. D. Woodhams, and T. J. Brodribb. “Links between environment and stomatal size through evolutionary time in Proteaceae”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287.1919 (2020), p. 20192876. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2876.
Tsujii_202388Y. Tsujii, B. J. Atwell, H. Lambers, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf phosphorus fractions vary with leaf economic traits among 35 Australian woody species”. New Phytologist 241.5 (2024), pp. 1985-1997. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.19513.
Leishman_199566M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Hughes_199255L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
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.
Falster_200333D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Leaf size and angle vary widely across species: what consequences for light interception?”. New Phytologist 158.3 (2003), pp. 509-525. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00765.x.
Henery_200133M. L. Henery and M. Westoby. “Seed mass and seed nutrient content as predictors of seed output variation between species”. Oikos 92 (2001), pp. 479-490. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920309.x.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Moles_200033A. T. Moles and M. Westoby. “Do small leaves expand faster than large leaves, and do shorter expansion times reduce herbivore damage?”. OIKOS 90.3 (2000), pp. 517-524. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900310.x..
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/.
Clarke_201522P. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
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.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.