AusTraits

Grevillea mucronulata

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Grevillea mucronulata R.Br.

Synonyms: 17 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Embothrium acuminatum (R.Br.) Dum.Cours. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea acuminata Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea acuminata R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea attenuata A.Cunn. ex Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea cinerea R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea cinerea R.Br. var. cinerea (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea cinerea var. angustifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea cinerea var. myrtacea Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea mucronulata R.Br. var. mucronulata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Grevillea mucronulata var. angustifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea myrtacea Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea myrtacea Sieber ex Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea stylosa (Knight) Sweet (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hakea mucronulata (R.Br.) Christenh. & Byng (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lysanthe podalyriaefolia J.Wrigley & Fagg (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lysanthe podalyriifolia Knight (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lysanthe stylosa Knight (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Duncan_1998 (12), Everingham_2020 (59), Hughes_1992 (4), Jordan_2020 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (11), Ooi_2018 (5), Rosell_2014 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (32). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 86 traits from 189 records in 20 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); green (1); red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 16.5 mm (13-20 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): 114.36 mm2 (65-231.01 mm2) [sources: Duncan_1998; Ooi_2018; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 23 mm (4-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.12 mm (2-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 6.5 mg (6.5-6.5 mg) [sources: Duncan_1998]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 76.69 g/m2 (75.2-78.19 g/m2) [sources: Duncan_1998; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.46 g/g (0.46-0.46 g/g) [sources: Duncan_1998]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (2); obovate (2); orbicular (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Duncan_1998]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; 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): decumbent (1); erect (1); spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (2); nnnyyyyyynnn (1); nnnyyyyyyynn (1); nnyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; 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]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • seed_viability (numerical): 0.1 {count}/{count} (0-0.2 {count}/{count}) [sources: Everingham_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.32 mg/g (12.32-12.32 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.58 mg/g (0.58-0.58 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -24.48 {delta}[ppth] (-24.48--24.48 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Westoby_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 17.94 mg (6.8-31.7 mg) [sources: Everingham_2020]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.67 mg/mm3 (0.66-0.68 mg/mm3) [sources: Rosell_2014; 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): 1.35 m (0.3-3.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Everingham_2020359S. E. Everingham, C. A. Offord, M. E. B. Sabot, and A. T. Moles. “Time travelling seeds reveal that plant regeneration and growth traits are responding to climate change”. Ecology 102 (2020), p. e03272. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3272.
Westoby_20143232S. 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.
ABRS_2023913Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Duncan_19981212D. H. Duncan. “Unpublished data: Structural basis of variation in leaf mass per area in three plant clades, Macquarie University”. 1998.
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.
Rosell_201488J. A. Rosell, S. Gleason, R. Mendez-Alonzo, Y. Chang, and M. Westoby. “Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity”. New Phytologist 201.2 (2014), pp. 486-497. doi: 10.1111/nph.12541.
Chen_201755Chen, 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_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Ooi_201815M. K. J. Ooi. “Unpublished data: Herbivory survey within Royal National Park, University of New South Wales”. 2018.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
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_198133B. 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/.
Jordan_202033G. 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.
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.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.