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Hakea elliptica

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Hakea elliptica (Sm.) R.Br.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Conchium elliptica Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Conchium ellipticum Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), Barrett_2009 (18), Chen_2017 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Groom_1997 (9), Hanley_2002 (7), Jordan_2020 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Lamont_2002 (6), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), Wright_2000 (5), Yang_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 139 records in 23 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): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 480.2 mg (480.2-480.2 mg) [sources: Groom_1997]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 32.3 mm (25-37 mm) [sources: Groom_1997; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 21.1 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: Groom_1997; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (3) [sources: Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1332.5 mm2 (1332.5-1332.5 mm2) [sources: Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 66.67 mm (40-95 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 35.83 mm (15-55 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 181.92 g/m2 (171.53-192.31 g/m2) [sources: Hanley_2002; Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (2) [sources: Hanley_2002; Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); widely_elliptical (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Jordan_2020; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: Jordan_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2020; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Groom_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnny (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (4) [sources: Barrett_2009; Yang_2023]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1); serotiny_moderate (1) [sources: Groom_1997; Yang_2023]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Groom_1997]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 14.87 mg (7-19.2 mg) [sources: Groom_1997; Hanley_2002; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (20-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2); winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.38 m (2-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231420VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231218Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Barrett_2009618S. 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.
Wheeler_2002810J. 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_199799P. 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.
Hanley_200277M. E. Hanley and B. B. Lamont. “Relationships between physical and chemical attributes of congeneric seedlings: how important is seedling defence?”. Functional Ecology 16.2 (2002), pp. 216-222. ISSN: 1365-2435. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00612.x.
Jordan_202066G. 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_200266B. 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_201755Chen, 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.
Wright_200055I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.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.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_198133B. 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/.
Yang_202333S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.