Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. polygalifolium

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb. subsp. polygalifolium

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Leptospermum flavescens Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
Leptospermum flavescens Sm. f. flavescens (taxonomic synonym)
Leptospermum flavescens Sm. var. flavescens (taxonomic synonym)
Leptospermum flavescens var. commune Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb. var. polygalifolium (nomenclatural synonym)
Leptospermum polygalifolium var. commune (Benth.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Leptospermum porophyllum Cav. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (5), Mesaglio_2022 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Schmidt_1993 (1), Schmidt_1997 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 88 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 292 mm2 (292-292 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (3) [sources: Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (1) [sources: Leishman_1995; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (2); nnnnnnnnnnyy (3) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13.2 mg/g (13.2-13.2 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_1997]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.11 mg (0.1-0.14 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3 m (1-4 m) [sources: Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	38	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	13	18	N. 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_2014	8	9	B. 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.
Leishman_1995	5	5	M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Wright_2000	5	5	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
Mesaglio_2022	1	2	T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Clarke_2015	1	1	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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_1993	1	1	M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Schmidt_1993	1	1	S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Schmidt_1997	1	1	S. Schmidt and G. Stewart. “Waterlogging and fire impacts on nitrogen availability and utilization in a subtropical wet heathland (wallum)”. Plant, Cell and Environment 20.10 (1997), pp. 1231-1241. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-20.x.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.