Labichea cassioides

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Labichea cassioides Gaudich. ex DC.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Labichea tephrosiifolia Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Detombeur_2021 (36), Enright_2014 (33), Guilherme_Pereira_2018 (9), Guilherme_Pereira_2019 (89), Laliberte_2012 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), Tsakalos_2020 (19), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 78 traits from 259 records in 18 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 (18) [sources: Clarke_2015; Enright_2014; Tsakalos_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (17) [sources: Clarke_2015; Enright_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 26 mm (22-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (9-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1731.21 mm2 (824.42-2778.73 mm2) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (1.5-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 221.33 g/m2 (132.5-284.21 g/m2) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.46 g/g (0.39-0.48 g/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1); hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Laliberte_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); dense (1); erect (2); prostrate (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Laliberte_2012; Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Enright_2014]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.66 mg/g (9.1-16.25 mg/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.51 mg/g (0.26-0.69 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2021; Guilherme_Pereira_2018; Guilherme_Pereira_2019]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 29.84 umol{CO2}/m2/s (20.23-44.78 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.16 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.07-0.25 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (6.5-6.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.65 m (0.6-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Guilherme_Pereira_2019	20	89	C. G. Pereira, P. E. Hayes, O. S. O'Sullivan, L. K. Weerasinghe, P. L. Clode, O. K. Atkin, and H. Lambers. “Trait convergence in photosynthetic nutrient-use efficiency along a 2-million year dune chronosequence in a global biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 107.4 (2019), pp. 2006-2023. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13158.
Detombeur_2021	9	36	F. de Tombeur, E. Laliberte, H. Lambers, M. Faucon, G. Zemunik, B. L. Turner, J. Cornelis, and G. Mahy. “A shift from phenol to silica-based leaf defenses during long-term soil and ecosystem development”. Ecology Letters 24.5 (2021), pp. 984-995. doi: 10.1111/ele.13713.
Enright_2014	3	33	N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, B. B. Lamont, B. P. Miller, and V. C. Westcott. “Resistance and resilience to changing climate and fire regime depend on plant functional traits”. Journal of Ecology 102 (2014), pp. 1572-1581. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12306.
Tsakalos_2020	18	19	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	14	17	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	12	16	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Laliberte_2012	5	14	E. Laliberte, B. L. Turner, T. Costes, S. J. Pearse, K. Wyrwoll, G. Zemunik, and H. Lambers. “Experimental assessment of nutrient limitation along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence in the south-western Australia biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 100 (2012), pp. 631-642. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01962.x.
Guilherme_Pereira_2018	3	9	C. G. Pereira, P. L. Clode, R. S. Oliveira, and H. Lambers. “Eudicots from severely phosphorus-impoverished environments preferentially allocate phosphorus to their mesophyll”. New Phytologist 218.3 (2018), pp. 959-973. doi: 10.1111/nph.15043.
Chen_2017	4	4	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.
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.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.