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Logania ovata

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Family Loganiaceae

Taxonomy: Logania ovata R.Br.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Euosma ovata (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Euosma ovata F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Logania elliptica R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), ANBG_2019 (4), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (4), Kew_2019_1 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (18), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (5), SAH_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 51 traits from 114 records in 17 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
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3); hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Draper_2023; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 21 mm (10-27 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 14.75 mm (6-20 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.08-0.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_ovate (2); ovate (3); widely_ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2); rounded (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1); endozoochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); invertebrates (1); passive (1); vertebrates (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.36 mg (0.12-0.76 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.38 mm (1.38-1.38 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.7-0.7 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_20231519S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
RBGV_20231518VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231316Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
RBGV_202255VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202255S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
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.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Draper_202344J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
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.
Kew_2019_113Royal 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.
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.
SAH_201411J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_200011I. 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.