Hakea cucullata

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Hakea cucullata R.Br.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hakea cucullata R.Br. var. cucullata (nomenclatural synonym)
Hakea cucullata var. typica Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
Hakea cucullata var. vulgaris Meisn. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (1), Barrett_2009 (34), Chen_2017 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Groom_1997 (9), Hanley_2001 (5), Jordan_2020 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Lamont_2002 (6), SAH_2014 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 125 records in 21 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 (5) [sources: Barrett_2009; Groom_1997]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4) [sources: Barrett_2009]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 4429.8 mg (4429.8-4429.8 mg) [sources: Groom_1997]
fruit_length (numerical): 26.25 mm (22-28 mm) [sources: Groom_1997; ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 19.1 mm (14-22.7 mm) [sources: Groom_1997; ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: Chen_2017; 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): 1043.2 mm2 (1043.2-1043.2 mm2) [sources: Lamont_2002]
leaf_length (numerical): 56.17 mm (30-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2014; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 59.67 mm (30-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2014; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 222.79 g/m2 (121.95-323.62 g/m2) [sources: Hanley_2001; Lamont_2002]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Lamont_2002]
leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); elliptical (1); orbicular (1); widely_obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (2); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Jordan_2020]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: Jordan_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (1); flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1) [sources: Groom_1997]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyyyn (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; WAH_1998]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (4) [sources: Barrett_2009]
serotiny (categorical): serotiny_high (1); serotiny_moderate (1) [sources: Groom_1997; Hanley_2001]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Groom_1997]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.74 mg/g (6.58-10.89 mg/g) [sources: Hanley_2001; Lamont_2002]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.2 mg/g (0.2-0.2 mg/g) [sources: Lamont_2002]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 24.85 mg (19.16-29 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Groom_1997; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (16-19 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3.5 m (1-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2014; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Barrett_2009	6	34	S. 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.
ABRS_2023	11	17	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wheeler_2002	8	10	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Groom_1997	9	9	P. K. Groom and B. B. Lamont. “Fruit-seed relations in Hakea: serotinous species invest more dry matter in predispersal seed protection”. Austral Ecology 22.3 (1997), pp. 352-355. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00682.x.
Jordan_2020	6	6	G. 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.
Lamont_2002	6	6	B. B. Lamont, P. K. Groom, and R. M. Cowling. “High leaf mass per area of related species assemblages may reflect low rainfall and carbon isotope discrimination rather than low phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations”. Functional Ecology 16 (2002), pp. 403-412. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00631.x.
Chen_2017	5	5	Chen, 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.
Hanley_2001	5	5	M. E. Hanley and B. B. Lamont. “Herbivory, serotiny and seedling defence in Western Australian Proteaceae”. Oecologia 126.3 (2001), pp. 409-417. ISSN: 1432-1939. doi: 10.1007/s004420000538.
SAH_2014	3	5	J. 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.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_2006	2	4	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.