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Leionema phylicifolium

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Leionema phylicifolium (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eriostemon phylicifolius (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eriostemon phylicifolius (F.Muell.) F.Muell. var. phylicifolius (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Phebalium phylicifolium F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), Cheal_2017 (6), Clarke_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (9), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Vesk_2007 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 169 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2); mericarp (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 18.12 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.31 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.08 cm (0.05-0.1 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 129.71 g/m2 (92.22-178.57 g/m2) [sources: Vesk_2007; Zieminska_2015]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); oblong (2); terete (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Vesk_2007; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1); zoochory (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (2); nnnnnnnnyyyn (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.2 mg (2-2.4 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.61 mg/mm3 (0.59-0.63 mg/mm3) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 348.41 {count}/mm2 (320.56-362.8 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 19.95 um (18.4-21.52 um) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.11 mm2/mm2 (0.1-0.12 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201938M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Zieminska_20151236K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
RBGV_20231215VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231214Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231214N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201499B. 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.
Cheal_201766D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
McGlone_201566M. 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.
Vesk_200726P. Vesk. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits for flora of Falls Creek Victoria, University of Melbourne”. 2007.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Clarke_201511P. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.