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Hibbertia empetrifolia subsp. empetrifolia

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Family Dilleniaceae

Taxonomy: Hibbertia empetrifolia (DC.) Hoogland subsp. empetrifolia

Synonyms: 16 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hibbertia asterotricha N.A.Wakef. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibbertia astrotricha (Sieber ex Spreng.) N.A.Wakef. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibbertia billardierei F.Muell. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibbertia billardierei F.Muell. var. billardierei (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibbertia billardierei var. parviflora (R.Br. ex DC.) Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibbertia billardierei var. scabra (R.Br. ex DC.) Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibbertia billardieri var. parviflora Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibbertia billardierii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hibbertia empetrifolia subsp. uncinata Toelken (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pleurandra asterotricha N.A.Wakef. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pleurandra astrotricha Sieber ex Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pleurandra ovata Labill. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Pleurandra ovata Labill. var. ovata (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Pleurandra ovata var. scabra (R.Br. ex DC.) Hook.f. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Pleurandra scabra R.Br. ex DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pleurandra scabra var. β DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hibbertia billardierei var. obovata R.Br. ex Benth. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (10), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (9), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 117 records in 10 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
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 7.33 mm (4-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.47 mm (0.7-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.06 cm (0.02-0.09 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (2); oblong (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (1); spreading (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyynn (1); yynnnnnyyyyy (2); yyynnnnyyyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202060M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231012N. 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/.
TMAG_20091012Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
NSWFRD_2014910B. 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.
RBGV_202369VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.