Leionema bilobum

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Leionema bilobum (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eriostemon hillebrandi F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Eriostemon hillebrandii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Phebalium bilobum Lindl. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), Caldwell_2016 (30), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (5), McGlone_2015 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 105 records in 13 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 (1) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2); mericarp (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 138.9 mm2 (116.6-162.7 mm2) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
leaf_length (numerical): 36.17 mm (6-55 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (2-10 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 11.6 mg (5.9-14.4 mg) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 81.98 g/m2 (50.6-98.97 g/m2) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.3 g/g (0.99-1.81 g/g) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (2); oblong (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1); recurved (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13.38 mg/g (12.2-14.6 mg/g) [sources: Caldwell_2016]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2.33 m (1-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Caldwell_2016	6	30	E. Caldwell, J. Read, and G. D. Sanson. “Which leaf mechanical traits correlate with insect herbivory among feeding guilds?”. Annals of Botany 117 (2015), pp. 349-361. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcv178.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	13	15	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	11	13	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Jordan_2001	5	5	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
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.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	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.
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/.
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.