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Hakea gibbosa

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Hakea gibbosa (J.White) Cav.

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Banksia gibbosa J.White (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Banksia pinifolia Salisb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Conchium cornutum C.F.Gaertn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Conchium gibbosum (J.White) Donn ex Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Conchium gibbosum (Sm.) Donn.Sm. ex Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Conchium gibbosum Donn (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Conchium sphaeroideum Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Conchium sphoeroideum J.Wrigley & Fagg (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hakea lanigera Ten. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hakea pinifolia Knight (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hakea pubescens Schrad. & J.C.Wendl. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Hakea tamminensis C.A.Gardner (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (6), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Henery_2001 (3), Hughes_1992 (5), Jordan_2020 (8), Kubiak_2009 (9), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Moles_2000 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (6), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (11), RBGK_2014 (1), Roderick_1999 (3), Schmidt_1997 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (11), Wright_2000 (5), Yang_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 72 traits from 147 records in 27 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: Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Schmidt_1997]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Yang_2023]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 31.5 mm (25-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 23.75 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (3) [sources: Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 132.53 mm2 (74-240 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995; Moles_2000; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (20-85 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.35 mm (0.9-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 381.52 g/m2 (269.54-440 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995; Moles_2000; Roderick_1999; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Moles_2000]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Schmidt_1997; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Schmidt_1997]
  • root_structure (categorical): proteoid_root (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3); barochory (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnyyyynnn (1); nnnyyyynnnnn (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.15 mg/g (8.1-8.2 mg/g) [sources: Roderick_1999; Schmidt_1997]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.25 {delta}[ppth] (-29.48--28.9 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 54.46 mg (44.9-59.3 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Henery_2001; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; RBGK_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 17.89 mm (9.27-33 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 9.2 mm (6.9-14 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): sectoroid (1); winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.6-0.6 mg/mm3) [sources: Westoby_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.98 m (0.9-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231017Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231014N. 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/.
NSWFRD_20141011B. 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.
Westoby_20141111S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
Schmidt_1997810S. Schmidt and G. Stewart. “Waterlogging and fire impacts on nitrogen availability and utilization in a subtropical wet heathland (wallum)”. Plant, Cell and Environment 20.10 (1997), pp. 1231-1241. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-20.x.
Kubiak_200959P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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.
ANBG_201966Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Leishman_199566M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NHNSW_2014_266Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Hughes_199255L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
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.
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/.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
Henery_200133M. L. Henery and M. Westoby. “Seed mass and seed nutrient content as predictors of seed output variation between species”. Oikos 92 (2001), pp. 479-490. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920309.x.
Moles_200033A. T. Moles and M. Westoby. “Do small leaves expand faster than large leaves, and do shorter expansion times reduce herbivore damage?”. OIKOS 90.3 (2000), pp. 517-524. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900310.x..
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/.
Roderick_199933M. L. Roderick, S. L. Berry, and I. R. Noble. “The relationship between leaf composition and morphology at elevated CO2 concentrations”. New Phytologist 143.1 (1999), pp. 63-72. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00438.x.
Yang_202333S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
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.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.