Lupinus cosentinii

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Lupinus cosentinii Guss.

Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Lupinus digitatus Forssk. (misapplied)
Lupinus hirsutus L. (pro parte misapplied)
Lupinus pilosus L. (misapplied)
Lupinus varius L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Funk_2016 (59), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (17), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 134 records in 13 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 50 mm (40-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 57 mm (18-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (7-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2014]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 79 g/m2 (69.89-87.29 g/m2) [sources: Funk_2016]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: Funk_2016; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Funk_2016]
life_history (categorical): annual (5) [sources: Funk_2016; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); erect (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_1]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Funk_2016; Tsakalos_2020]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Funk_2016; Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 35.14 mg/g (31.3-39.3 mg/g) [sources: Funk_2016]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.81 mg/g (0.69-0.86 mg/g) [sources: Funk_2016]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); orbicular (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.2-1.4 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Funk_2016	17	59	J. L. Funk, R. J. Standish, W. D. Stock, and F. Valladares. “Plant functional traits of dominant native and invasive species in mediterranean-climate ecosystems”. Ecology 97.1 (2016), pp. 75-83. doi: 10.1890/15-0974.1.
SAH_2023	12	17	S. 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/.
Tsakalos_2020	16	17	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
NHNSW_2023	12	16	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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. 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/.
WAH_2022_1	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
SAH_2014	1	2	J. 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.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.