Leptecophylla juniperina
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Family Ericaceae
Taxonomy: Leptecophylla juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC):
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Collette_2021 (1), Jordan_2007 (8), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (3), Tng_2013 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 43 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 14.45 mm2 (10-21.36 mm2) [sources: Jordan_2007; Mokany_2015; Tng_2013]
- leaf_length (numerical): 16 mm (16-16 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1.7 mm (1.7-1.7 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 159.41 g/m2 (149.82-169 g/m2) [sources: Jordan_2007; Tng_2013]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: McGlone_2015]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Jordan_2007]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_delta13C (numerical): -33.92 {delta}[ppth] (-33.92--33.92 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Tng_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 24.45 mg (24.45-24.45 mg) [sources: Mokany_2015]
stem morphology
- wood_density (numerical): 0.84 mg/mm3 (0.84-0.84 mg/mm3) [sources: Tng_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 5 m (5-5 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; Mokany_2015]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 15 | 17 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Jordan_2007 | 8 | 8 | G. J. Jordan. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits for Tasmanian species, University of Tasmania”. 2007. |
| 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. |
| Tng_2013 | 5 | 5 | D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378. |
| Mokany_2015 | 3 | 3 | K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1. |
| 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. |