Monotoca aristata
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Family Ericaceae
Taxonomy: Monotoca aristata A.R.Chapm.
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Monotoca sp. 2 (Mt Maxwell; K.R.Newbey 4727) (taxonomic synonym)
- Monotoca sp. 2 (Mt. Maxwell) (taxonomic synonym)
- Monotoca sp. A ('aristata') (taxonomic synonym)
- Monotoca sp. Mt Maxwell (K.R.Newbey 8123) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Barrett_2009 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 16 records in 5 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 (1) [sources: Barrett_2009]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Barrett_2009]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1); hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: Barrett_2009; WAH_2022_2]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Barrett_2009]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.1-0.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAH_2022_2 | 5 | 5 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Barrett_2009 | 4 | 4 | S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009. |
| 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. |
| 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_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |