Oxylobium cordifolium
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Oxylobium cordifolium Andrews
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Callistachys cordifolia (Andrews) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Chorizema cordifolium (Andrews) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Chorozema cordifolium F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Collette_2021 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 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.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1); whorled (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 16 | 17 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 12 | 15 | 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/. |
| Wright_2000 | 5 | 5 | I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| 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. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 2 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |