Leucopogon gelidus

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Family Ericaceae

Taxonomy: Leucopogon gelidus N.A.Wakef.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Leucopogon lanceolatus var. gelida F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Leucopogon lanceolatus var. gelidus Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Leucopogon lanceolatus var. gelidus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Monotoca concolor Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
Styphelia gelida (N.A.Wakef.) J.H.Willis (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (6), Doherty_2021 (2), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (20), RBGV_2022 (4), 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 47 traits from 85 records in 12 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): resprouts (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): pink (1); red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 19.42 mm (5.5-26 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5 mm (2-6.5 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.08 cm (0.05-0.1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (2); flat (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); yynnnnynyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Doherty_2021]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.71 m (0.75-2 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	13	20	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/.
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.
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/.
Cheal_2017	6	6	D. 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_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.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Doherty_2021	2	2	M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.