AusTraits

Hovea similis

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Hovea similis I.Thomps.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hovea sp. (Mt Ernest P.I.Forster+ PIF7408) (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), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Thompson_2001 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 57 records in 8 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): 15 mm (15-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 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_length (numerical): 50 mm (25-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.38 cm (0.3-0.45 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): 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); tree (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): nnnnnnnyynnn (1) [sources: Thompson_2001]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3.5-3.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Thompson_2001]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231618N. 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/.
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/.
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.