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Hovea longifolia

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Hovea longifolia R.Br.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hovea longifolia R.Br. subvar. longifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hovea longifolia R.Br. var. longifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hovea longifolia f. albiflora Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hovea longifolia var. normalis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hovea racemulosa Benth. ex Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phusicarpos longifolia Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Phusicarpos longifolius (R.Br.) Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Kubiak_2009 (6), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Pickup_2021 (5), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (21), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Thompson_2001 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 71 traits from 149 records in 19 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 (4); resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 600.83 mm2 (600.83-600.83 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 50.62 mm (15-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (2-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.32 cm (0.2-0.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (2); narrowly_oblong (3); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); obtuse (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; SAH_2022; Thompson_2001; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Thompson_2001; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_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): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); nnnnnnnyynnn (1); nnnnnnnyyynn (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; Thompson_2001; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.92 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3.5-3.5 mm) [sources: Thompson_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); reniform (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
SAH_20231421S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231519N. 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/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221618L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231013Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Thompson_2001913I. 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_201488B. 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.
Kubiak_200956P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Pickup_202155M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Clarke_201522P. 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.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.