AusTraits

Hakea eriantha

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Hakea eriantha R.Br.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hakea betchei Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hakea cymbaecarpa Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hakea eucalyptiformis Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hakea glaucina Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hakea recondita Gand. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (12), ANBG_2019 (5), Campbell_2006 (6), Cheal_2017 (8), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2009 (7), Clarke_2015 (2), Cooper_2013 (12), Jordan_2020 (8), Kew_2019_1 (1), Knox_2011 (6), Kooyman_2011 (13), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (12), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (22), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Yang_2023 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 68 traits from 192 records in 26 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 (1); resprouts (6) [sources: Campbell_2006; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Knox_2011; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (5) [sources: Campbell_2006; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Yang_2023]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 25.17 mm (19-32 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 14.5 mm (12-16 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 141 mm (60-185 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15.3 mm (1-30 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 126.98 g/m2 (126.98-126.98 g/m2) [sources: Knox_2011]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (3); oblong (1); obovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (2) [sources: Jordan_2020; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (6) [sources: ABRS_1981; Jordan_2020; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (10); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); vertebrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Campbell_2006; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnynnn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (3); nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); nnnnnnyyyynn (1); nnnnnnyyyyyn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (4) [sources: Campbell_2006; NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (2); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (3) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 14.04 mg (14.04-14.04 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 12.57 mm (3-20.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.47 mm (2-4.44 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): fusiform (1); ovoid (2); winged (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.66 mg/mm3 (0.66-0.66 mg/mm3) [sources: Knox_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231622VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231115N. 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/.
Kooyman_20111013R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
ABRS_2023812Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NSWFRD_2014912B. 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.
Cheal_201788D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Jordan_202088G. 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.
Clarke_200937P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
Campbell_200666M. L. Campbell and P. J. Clarke. “Response of montane wet sclerophyll forest understorey species to fire- evidence from high and low intensity fires”. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127 (2006), pp. 63-73. doi: unknown.
Knox_201166K. J. E. Knox and P. J. Clarke. “Fire severity and nutrient availability do not constrain resprouting in forest shrubs”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 1967-1978. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9956-5.
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.
Yang_202336S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
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/.
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/.
Clarke_201522P. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.