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Leionema dentatum

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Leionema dentatum (Sm.) Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eriostemon umbellatum Turcz. (orthographic variant)
  • Eriostemon umbellatus Turcz. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phebalium dentatum Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Phebalium salicifolium A.Juss. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phebalium umbellatum (Turcz.) Turcz. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Clarke_2009 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Hughes_1992 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kubiak_2009 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 69 records in 14 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3.5-3.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1); mericarp (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 70 mm (40-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.75 mm (1-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (2); narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Clarke_2009; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); nnnnnnnyynnn (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.43 mg (3.43-3.43 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5 m (3-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231315N. 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/.
ABRS_20231213Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kubiak_2009610P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Hughes_199255L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NSWFRD_201455B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_200933P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. 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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.