Lysiana exocarpi subsp. exocarpi

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Family Loranthaceae

Taxonomy: Lysiana exocarpi (Behr) Tiegh. subsp. exocarpi

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Dendrophthoe angustifolia Tiegh. (taxonomic synonym)
Loranthus angustifolius R.Br. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Loranthus diamantinensis J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
Loranthus exocarpi Behr var. exocarpi (nomenclatural synonym)
Loranthus exocarpi var. coccineus F.Muell. ex Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Loranthus exocarpi var. flavescens F.Muell. ex Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Loranthus exocarpi var. typicus Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
Lysiana exocarpi f. flavescens (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler (taxonomic synonym)
Lysiana exocarpi subsp. diamantinensis (J.M.Black) Barlow (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Dong_2017 (16), NHNSW_2022 (6), NHNSW_2023 (12), Nano_2011 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 82 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (30-150 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 6 mm (1-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 189.43 g/m2 (49.7-329.17 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): hemiparasitic (1); parasitic (1); stem_parasitic (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); vertebrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 27.71 mg/g (7.99-47.44 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.75 {delta}[ppth] (-28.9--28.6 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Dong_2017	8	16	N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
NHNSW_2023	9	12	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/.
ABRS_2023	7	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	6	6	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/.
ABRS_2022	5	5	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Nano_2011	3	4	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Clarke_2015	3	3	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.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.