AusTraits

Hakea platysperma

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Hakea platysperma Hook.

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

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (5), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (1), Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Groom_1997 (9), Groom_2010 (2), Hanley_2002 (7), Jordan_2020 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kuo_1982 (21), Lamont_2002 (6), Milberg_1998 (4), Munroe_2019 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 71 traits from 133 records in 25 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): 40452.5 mg (40452.5-40452.5 mg) [sources: Groom_1997]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 62.65 mm (45-75 mm) [sources: Groom_1997; ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 48.95 mm (38-65 mm) [sources: Groom_1997; ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 191.7 mm2 (191.7-191.7 mm2) [sources: Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 92.5 mm (30-155 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.2 mm (1.4-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 519.77 g/m2 (354.61-684.93 g/m2) [sources: Hanley_2002; Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_type (categorical): needle (2) [sources: Hanley_2002; Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; 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 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Jordan_2020; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1) [sources: Groom_1997]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 5 a (5-5 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (3); nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotiny_high (1); serotiny_moderate (1) [sources: Groom_1997; Groom_2010]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): epicormic_buds (1); none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Groom_1997]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 10.91 mg/g (3.34-24.1 mg/g) [sources: Hanley_2002; Kuo_1982; Lamont_2002]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.28 mg/g (0.14-0.43 mg/g) [sources: Kuo_1982; Lamont_2002]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 482.66 mg (298-630.2 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Groom_1997; Hanley_2002; Kew_2019_1; Kuo_1982; Milberg_1998]
  • seed_length (numerical): 39.5 mm (33-46 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • seed_width (numerical): 39.5 mm (33-46 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Kuo_19822121J. Kuo, P. Hocking, and J. Pate. “Nutrient reserves in seeds of selected Proteaceous species from South-western Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany 30.1 (1982), pp. 231 - 249. doi: 10.1071/bt9820231.
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.
Tsakalos_20201617J. 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.
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.
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.
ABRS_198145B. 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/.
Burrows_2008_255N. 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_202055N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
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_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Milberg_199844P. Milberg, M. A. Perez-Fernandez, and B. B. Lamont. “Seedling growth response to added nutrients depends on seed size in three woody genera”. Journal of Ecology 86.4 (1998), pp. 624-632. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00283.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.
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/.
Jordan_202033G. 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.
Groom_201022P. K. Groom and B. B. Lamont. “Phosphorus accumulation in Proteaceae seeds: A synthesis”. Plant and Soil 334.1-2 (2010), pp. 61-72. doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-0135-6.
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.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
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.