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Lysiphyllum cunninghamii

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Lysiphyllum cunninghamii (Benth.) de Wit

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth. f. cunninghamii (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth. subsp. cunninghamii (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bauhinia hookeri var. broomensis Hochr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bauhinia leichhardtii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bauhinia leichhardtii F.Muell. var. leichhardtii (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phanera cunninghami Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Phanera cunninghamii Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (4), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (5), Brock_1993 (12), Canham_2023 (106), Chen_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (13), Crowley_2007 (2), Gross_2005 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (7), Munroe_2019 (2), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (18), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schulze_1998 (20), Schulze_2014 (40), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (2), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 66 traits from 311 records in 29 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 (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 132.5 mm (70-210 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 48.5 mm (30-63 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 921.62 mm2 (261.02-1582.23 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 26 mm (13-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 18.83 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 154.75 g/m2 (99.6-199.98 g/m2) [sources: Canham_2023; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.52 g/g (0.48-0.54 g/g) [sources: Canham_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023; Schulze_2014]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Schulze_2014]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2022; Schulze_1998; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (3); evergreen (6); semi_deciduous (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Brock_1993; Canham_2023; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2); non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyynnn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (3); nnnnyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Brock_1993; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NTH_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (2); epicormic_buds (1); rhizome (2); stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Yang_2023]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 19.18 mg/g (8.88-24.59 mg/g) [sources: Canham_2023; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.14 {delta}[ppth] (-30.34--24.8 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Canham_2023; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 386.4 mg (386.4-386.4 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 10.5 mm (8.98-13 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chen_2017; ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 8.22 mm (6.65-10 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; ANBG_2019; NTH_2023]
stem morphology
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 9.6 m (1-12 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Canham_202312106C. A. Canham, C. Woods, S. A. Setterfield, E. J. Veneklaas, F. L. Freestone, L. S. Beesley, and M. M. Douglas. “Functional traits of riparian trees in the lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia”. Ecohydrology 16.1 (2023). doi: 10.1002/eco.2488.
Schulze_20141140E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0.
Schulze_1998820E. -. Schulze, R. J. Williams, G. D. Farquhar, W. Schulze, J. Langridge, J. M. Miller, and B. H. Walker. “Carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination and nitrogen nutrition of trees along a rainfall gradient in northern Australia”. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 25.4 (1998), pp. 413-425. doi: 10.1071/PP97113.
NTH_20231418D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231217Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221317L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Brock_1993912J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
Chen_201788Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Kooyman_201177R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
ABRS_198144B. 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/.
Gross_200544C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
NTH_201433Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Munroe_201912S. 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.
Nano_201122C. 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_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Yang_202322S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.