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Gyrostemon thesioides

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Family Gyrostemonaceae

Taxonomy: Gyrostemon thesioides (Hook.f.) A.S.George

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Didymotheca dielsii H.Walter (taxonomic synonym)
  • Didymotheca drummondii Moq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Didymotheca thesioides Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Didymotheca thesioides Hook.f. var. thesioides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Didymotheca veroniciformis F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, NSW, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), Barrett_2009 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (4), Jordan_2001 (5), Kew_2019_1 (2), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (4), SAH_2014 (3), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Stephens_2023 (1), TMAG_2009 (15), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 104 records in 25 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
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Draper_2023; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.12 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 109.96 mm2 (109.96-109.96 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 35.5 mm (5-70 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2014; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.17 mm (1.5-6 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; SAH_2014; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); strap-shaped (2); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7); subshrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Jordan_2001; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Stephens_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); myrmecochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Barrett_2009]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.7 mg (0.66-0.83 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; TMAG_2009]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); reniform (1) [sources: SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.73 m (0.7-0.8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
TMAG_20091215Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
SAH_20231212S. 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/.
ABRS_2023911Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023911N. 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/.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Jordan_200155G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Draper_202344J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NSWFRD_201444B. 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.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
Barrett_200933S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
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/.
SAH_201423J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Sjostrom_200622A. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Yang_202312S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
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.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.