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Grevillea robusta

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br. var. robusta (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Grevillea robusta var. compacta Anon. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea umbratica A.Cunn. ex Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stylurus robusta (A.Cunn. ex R.Br.) O.Deg. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Cooper_2013 (15), Ilic_2000 (4), Jordan_2020 (12), Kew_2019_1 (10), Kooyman_2011 (15), Kubiak_2009 (1), Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (10), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (8), RadfordSmith_2024 (33), Richards_2008 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (10), Zanne_2009 (6), eFLOWER_2021 (29). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 96 traits from 219 records in 27 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): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 15.5 mm (12-19 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); follicle (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 13793.2 mm2 (12392.65-16109.5 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 689.66 mm2 (619.63-805.48 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 155.83 mm (5-340 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 82 mm (2-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 108.51 mg (99.33-124.39 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 129.95 g/m2 (102.25-159.94 g/m2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Richards_2008]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.51 g/g (0.5-0.51 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Richards_2008]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblong (2); triangular (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3); lobed_deep (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Jordan_2020; Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3); simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Jordan_2020; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; Richards_2008]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Richards_2008]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Richards_2008; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (3); evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Richards_2008]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Richards_2008]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); wind (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnynn (2); nnnnnnnnyyyn (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 20.4 mg/g (20.4-20.4 mg/g) [sources: Richards_2008]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.8 mg/g (0.8-0.8 mg/g) [sources: Richards_2008]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.26 {delta}[ppth] (-25.26--25.26 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Richards_2008]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 20.1 mg (10.07-83 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 13 mm (11-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.55 mg/mm3 (0.5-0.67 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Zanne_2009]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 28.4 m (8-40 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241533J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
eFLOWER_20212529J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_20111115R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
ABRS_20231014Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Richards_20081414A. Richards and I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Transcription of Australian plant functional trait data from Ian Wright's collection of papers, Macquarie University”. 2009.
Jordan_20201212G. 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.
Kew_2019_1110Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2023710N. 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/.
Wright_20001010I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
RBGV_202378VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Zanne_200916A. E. Zanne, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, D. A. Coomes, J. Ilic, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, R. B. Miller, N. G. Swenson, M. C. Wiemann, and J. Chave. “Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum”. Dryad Digital Repository (2009). doi: 10.5061/dryad.234.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
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.
Ilic_200014J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
Kubiak_200911P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Mesaglio_202211T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.