AusTraits

Hovea lorata

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Hovea lorata I.Thomps.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hovea sp. (Dalby K.A.Williams 90035) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hovea sp. R (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), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (1), McCarthy_2017 (15), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (22), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Thompson_2001 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 79 records in 11 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

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 mm (8-14 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]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 138.36 mm2 (117.9-157.32 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (25-55 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6 mm (3.5-8.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.45 cm (0.35-0.55 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 140.34 g/m2 (136.44-144.05 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_oblong (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2); revolute (2) [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
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Thompson_2001; Wenk_2022]
  • 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]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (1) [sources: Thompson_2001]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 28.95 mg (20.11-37.78 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (4.5-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); reniform (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.85 mg/mm3 (0.82-0.88 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231622N. 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/.
McCarthy_2017315J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
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.
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/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.