Kunzea phylicoides
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Kunzea phylicoides (A.Cunn. ex Schauer) Druce
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Baeckea phylicoides A.Cunn. ex Schauer (nomenclatural synonym)
- Kunzea sp. 1 (taxonomic synonym)
- Leptospermum phylicoides (A.Cunn. ex Schauer) Cheel (nomenclatural synonym)
- Leptospermum phylicoideum Cheel (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: McGlone_2015 (6), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (21), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 56 records in 7 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): 3.25 mm (2.5-4 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 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): 20.5 mm (7-25 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.08 cm (0.05-0.1 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
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/. |
| White_2020 | 18 | 18 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| McGlone_2015 | 6 | 6 | M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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. |
| 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. |