Hakea cygna subsp. cygna

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Hakea cygna Lamont subsp. cygna

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC):

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (6), ANBG_2019 (2), Barrett_2009 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Gosper_2012 (6), Groom_1997 (9), Kew_2019_1 (1), Lamont_2002 (11), Tsakalos_2020 (17), Tsakalos_2022 (2), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 75 records in 14 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; Clarke_2015; Gosper_2012; Groom_1997]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: Barrett_2009; Clarke_2015]

fruit morphology

fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 1755.4 mg (1755.4-1755.4 mg) [sources: Groom_1997]
fruit_length (numerical): 23.2 mm (23.2-23.2 mm) [sources: Groom_1997]
fruit_width (numerical): 16.7 mm (16.7-16.7 mm) [sources: Groom_1997]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 141.5 mm2 (134.3-148.7 mm2) [sources: Lamont_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (2.5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 469.74 g/m2 (458.72-480.77 g/m2) [sources: Lamont_2002]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Lamont_2002]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; Gosper_2012; WAH_2022_2]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Groom_1997]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Tsakalos_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (3); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Barrett_2009; Gosper_2012]
serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1); serotiny_moderate (1) [sources: Gosper_2012; Groom_1997]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Groom_1997]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 4.32 mg/g (4.32-4.32 mg/g) [sources: Lamont_2002]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.21 mg/g (0.21-0.21 mg/g) [sources: Lamont_2002]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 27.09 mg (22.99-31.36 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Groom_1997; Kew_2019_1]
seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.25 m (0.5-2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Tsakalos_2020	16	17	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
Lamont_2002	6	11	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.
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.
Barrett_2009	4	8	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	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.
Gosper_2012	6	6	C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, and S. M. Prober. “Changes in plant species and functional composition with time since fire in two mediterranean climate plant communities”. Journal of Vegetation Science 23.6 (2012), pp. 1071-1081. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01434.x.
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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	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.
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/.
ABRS_1981	2	2	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/.
ANBG_2019	1	2	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Tsakalos_2022	2	2	J. L. Tsakalos, G. Ottaviani, S. Chelli, A. Rea, S. Elder, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands”. Annals of Botany 130.7 (2022), pp. 981-990. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac131.
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/.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.