Lysinema pentapetalum
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Family Ericaceae
Taxonomy: Lysinema pentapetalum R.Br.
Synonyms: 16 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Epacris pentapetala (R.Br.) Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lasynema pentapetalum Poir. (orthographic variant)
- Lysinema ciliatum f. Central Wheatbelt (S.Paust 898) (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ciliatum f. Esperance (G.Perry 176) (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ciliatum f. Goldfields (L.Haegi 984) (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ciliatum f. Jerramungup (N.G.Marchant 70/234) (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ciliatum f. Lake King (J.S.Beard 3698) (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ciliatum f. Perth limestone (W.Ives s.n. 9/8/1960) (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ciliatum f. Perth-Bunbury sands (J.W.Green 351) (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ciliatum f. S.W.Coastal (N.G.Marchant 71/719) (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ciliatum f. north of Perth (N.Sammy s.n. 15/8/1985) (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ciliatum var. ericoides Ostenf. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema curvatum Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema ewartianum Domin (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema spicatum Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Lysinema virgatum DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lysinema ciliatum R.Br. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Collette_2021 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (1), Tsakalos_2020 (18), Tsakalos_2022 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 51 records in 9 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 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- root_structure (categorical): ericoid_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyyyn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Stephens_2021; Tsakalos_2020]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): morphophysiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
- clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 19 | 21 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Tsakalos_2020 | 17 | 18 | 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. |
| 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. |
| Tsakalos_2022 | 2 | 2 | J. L. Tsakalos, G. Ottaviani, S. Chelli, A. Rea, S. Elder, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands”. Annals of Botany 130.7 (2022), pp. 981-990. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac131. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Collette_2021 | 1 | 1 | J. 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. |
| Munroe_2019 | 1 | 1 | S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z. |
| Stephens_2021 | 1 | 1 | R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |