Isopogon fletcheri

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Isopogon fletcheri F.Muell.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (10), ANBG_2019 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Jordan_2020 (16), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 75 records in 14 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): resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (4); strobilus (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): white (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1200 mm2 (1200-1200 mm2) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 215 g/m2 (215-215 g/m2) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_stomatal_density_abaxial (numerical): 108.61 {count}/mm2 (108.61-108.61 {count}/mm2) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_stomatal_density_adaxial (numerical): 89.92 {count}/mm2 (89.92-89.92 {count}/mm2) [sources: Jordan_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1); erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.41 mg (0.8-4.02 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.75-1.75 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 0.51 mm (0.51-0.51 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): comma-shaped (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Jordan_2020	16	16	G. J. Jordan, R. J. Carpenter, B. R. Holland, N. J. Beeton, M. D. Woodhams, and T. J. Brodribb. “Links between environment and stomatal size through evolutionary time in Proteaceae”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287.1919 (2020), p. 20192876. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2876.
NHNSW_2023	10	13	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/.
ABRS_2023	9	10	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	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	5	5	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Chen_2017	5	5	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
ABRS_2022	4	4	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_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.
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.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
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.