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Grevillea striata

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Grevillea striata R.Br.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Grevillea lineata R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea striata R.Br. var. striata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Grevillea striata var. lineata (R.Br.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Grevillea striata var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), Brock_1993 (11), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Crowley_2007 (2), Curtis_2012 (14), Dong_2017 (15), Draper_2023 (3), Ilic_2000 (4), Jordan_2020 (11), Jurado_1991 (5), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Leishman_1992 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (5), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (12), Nano_2011 (5), Pate_1998 (6), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soper_2014 (4), Stewart_1995 (8), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (29), White_2020 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 96 traits from 243 records in 40 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 (2); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 11.25 mm (4-21 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1203.92 mm2 (1100-1480 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Jurado_1991; Leishman_1992; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 248.55 mm (100-450 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.65 mm (2-15 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 381.6 mg (381.6-381.6 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 389.59 g/m2 (337.73-450.91 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Dong_2017; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.62 g/g (0.62-0.62 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (2); undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; Brock_1993; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Munroe_2019; Pate_1998; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8); tree (12) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; Curtis_2012; Jurado_1991; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; Pate_1998; SAH_2022; Stewart_1995; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (11) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; Curtis_2012; Jordan_2020; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Pate_1998; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spindly (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Brock_1993; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Dong_2017; Pate_1998; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (2); mammal (1); vertebrate (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3); barochory (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_5; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyy (2); yynnnnnnnnny (2); yynnnnnnnnyy (1); yyynnnyyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Brock_1993; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 7.38 mg/g (5.02-11.82 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017; Soper_2014; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.32 mg/g (0.32-0.32 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.3 {delta}[ppth] (-28.21--25.1 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017; Pate_1998; Soper_2014; Stewart_1995; Westoby_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 17.83 mg (17.4-18.54 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.73 mg/mm3 (0.66-0.84 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Westoby_2014]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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White_20201717M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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Curtis_20121414E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
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Brock_1993811J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
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Pate_199866J. S. Pate, M. J. Unkovich, P. D. Erskine, and G. R. Stewart. “Australian mulga ecosystems- 13C and 15N natural abundances of biota components and their ecophysiological significance”. Plant, Cell and Environment 21.12 (1998), pp. 1231-1242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00359.x.
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NSWFRD_201455B. 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.
Nano_201135C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.
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NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
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/.
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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.
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