Hovea lanceolata

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Hovea lanceolata Sims

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hovea lanceolata Sims var. lanceolata (nomenclatural synonym)
Hovea sp. B (aff. lanceolata) (taxonomic synonym)

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 (7), Clarke_2009 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Everingham_2020 (732), Fonseca_2000 (9), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), NSWFRD_2014 (9), 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 65 traits from 856 records in 18 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_2015; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1001.85 mm2 (454.8-2092.43 mm2) [sources: Everingham_2020; Fonseca_2000]
leaf_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (35-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
leaf_width (numerical): 11.44 mm (7-15.9 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 114.07 mg (53.67-159 mg) [sources: Everingham_2020; Fonseca_2000]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.6 cm (0.4-0.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 145.81 g/m2 (49.08-256.41 g/m2) [sources: Everingham_2020; Fonseca_2000]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); narrowly_oblong (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (1); conduplicate (1); 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 (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Clarke_2009; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Thompson_2001; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; Thompson_2001; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
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): nnnnnnnyynnn (2); nnnnnnnyyynn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; Thompson_2001; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (3) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seed_viability (numerical): 0.78 {count}/{count} (0.62-0.94 {count}/{count}) [sources: Everingham_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 33.5 mg (13.6-50.5 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Everingham_2020; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 5.94 mm (4.53-9.42 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Everingham_2020; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (2.36-3.95 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Everingham_2020; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.5 mg/mm3 (0.42-0.62 mg/mm3) [sources: Everingham_2020]
stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.83 g/g (0.72-0.9 g/g) [sources: Everingham_2020]

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
Everingham_2020	16	732	S. E. Everingham, C. A. Offord, M. E. B. Sabot, and A. T. Moles. “Time travelling seeds reveal that plant regeneration and growth traits are responding to climate change”. Ecology 102 (2020), p. e03272. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3272.
NHNSW_2023	16	20	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.
Fonseca_2000	5	9	C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
NSWFRD_2014	9	9	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.
ANBG_2019	6	7	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Clarke_2009	3	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.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. 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.
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/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.