Hovea apiculata

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Hovea apiculata A.Cunn. ex G.Don

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hovea longifolia subvar. subacuta Domin (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Hovea longifolia var. lanceolata (Sims) Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Hovea mucronata G.Don (doubtful taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hovea lanceolata Sims (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), ANBG_2019 (1), Clarke_2009 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (23), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Thompson_2001 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 95 records in 13 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 (3) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 11.5 mm (10-13 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 61.67 mm (30-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
leaf_width (numerical): 10.33 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.65 cm (0.4-0.9 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (3); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Clarke_2009; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Thompson_2001; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Thompson_2001; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyynnn (2) [sources: Thompson_2001; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 44.48 mg (40.1-48.87 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	17	23	N. 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/.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	10	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Thompson_2001	9	13	I. R. Thompson. “Morphometric analysis and revision of eastern Australian Hovea (Brongniartieae-Fabaceae)”. Australian Systematic Botany 14 (2001), pp. 1-99. doi: 10.1071/sb00008.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	B. 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.
Clarke_2009	5	5	P. 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.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.