Grevillea sericea subsp. sericea

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Grevillea sericea (Sm.) R.Br. subsp. sericea

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Embothrium cytisoides Cav. (taxonomic synonym)
Embothrium sericeum Sm. var. sericeum (nomenclatural synonym)
Grevillea sericea (Sm.) R.Br. var. sericea (nomenclatural synonym)
Grevillea stricta R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Lysanthe cytisifolia Knight (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (6), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Gallagher_2018 (20), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 51 records in 10 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 (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 142.7 mm2 (122.95-164.39 mm2) [sources: Gallagher_2018]
leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (40-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 6 mm (3-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 16.78 mg (14.93-20.24 mg) [sources: Gallagher_2018]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 117.85 g/m2 (103.87-125.45 g/m2) [sources: Gallagher_2018]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (2); narrowly_obovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnyyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.2 mg/g (8.2-8.2 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.17 mg/g (0.17-0.17 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.25 m (0.5-2 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Gallagher_2018	5	20	R. 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.
NHNSW_2023	8	10	N. 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/.
ABRS_2023	5	6	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_1981	3	3	B. 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_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. 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_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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.