Isotropis wheeleri

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Isotropis wheeleri Benth.

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

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (16), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (7), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 60 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

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 11.83 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 25 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.1-0.3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); linear (1); strap-shaped (2); terete (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): subshrub (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1); erect (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.55 m (0.5-0.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	16	19	S. 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/.
NHNSW_2023	13	16	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/.
NTH_2023	6	7	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Draper_2023	2	2	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_2022	2	2	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/.
NTH_2022	2	2	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	2	2	S. 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/.
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.