Kunzea baxteri
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Kunzea baxteri (Klotzsch) Schauer
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Callistemon hainesii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Callistemon macrostachyum Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Callistemon microstachyum Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Callistemon microstachyus Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Calothamnus baxteri Klotzsch (taxonomic synonym)
- Calothamnus spathulata Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pentagonaster baxteri Klotzsch (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (native and naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Barrett_2009 (15), Collette_2021 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (21), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 56 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (4) [sources: Barrett_2009]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4) [sources: Barrett_2009]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.05 cm (0.05-0.05 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: Barrett_2009; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnyyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
- seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1); soil_seedbank (3) [sources: Barrett_2009]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.5 m (1-4 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 15 | 21 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Barrett_2009 | 4 | 15 | S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009. |
| 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. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Sweedman_2006 | 1 | 3 | L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Collette_2021 | 1 | 1 | J. 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. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |