AusTraits

Hakea petiolaris

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Hakea petiolaris Meisn.

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

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (4), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Chen_2017 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Groom_1997 (9), Hanley_2002 (6), Jordan_2020 (8), Kew_2019_1 (2), Lamont_2002 (6), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), Shedley_2007 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (6), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 132 records in 24 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): 6303.3 mg (6303.3-6303.3 mg) [sources: Groom_1997]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 32.63 mm (22-39.9 mm) [sources: Groom_1997; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 18.1 mm (11-21.2 mm) [sources: Groom_1997; ABRS_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): 1366.4 mm2 (1366.4-1366.4 mm2) [sources: Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 102.5 mm (55-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 41.5 mm (23-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.9 cm (0-1.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 221.72 g/m2 (157.73-285.71 g/m2) [sources: Hanley_2002; Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (2) [sources: Hanley_2002; Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (2); spathulate (2); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: Jordan_2020; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Jordan_2020; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Shedley_2007; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Jordan_2020; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • root_structure (categorical): proteoid_root (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1) [sources: Groom_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyynnnnn (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (5) [sources: Shedley_2007; Standish_2019; 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): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Groom_1997]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 16.87 mg (16-18.42 mg) [sources: Groom_1997; Hanley_2002; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 18 mm (14-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2); winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 7.83 m (2-9 m) [sources: ABRS_1981; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231318VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231016Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Shedley_2007515E. F. Shedley. Fire and Biodiversity Guidelines for the Avon Basin: Consultant Report to the Avon Catchment Council and the Department of Environment and Conservation, August 2007. Tech. rep. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, 2007.
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.
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.
Hanley_200266M. 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.
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.
Standish_201966R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
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.
ABRS_198144B. 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_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
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/.
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/.
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.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.