Paraserianthes lophantha

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Acacia lophantha Delile (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (native and naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Barrett_2009 (15), Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), RBGK_2014 (2), Standish_2019 (8), Sweedman_2006 (3), Tsakalos_2020 (18), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 102 records in 17 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: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Standish_2019]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Barrett_2009]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 24 mo (24-24 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 100 mm (80-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): red (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 7.25 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.38 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Wheeler_2002]
petiole_length (numerical): 5 cm (3-7 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (6) [sources: Barrett_2009; NHNSW_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; NHNSW_2022; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
reproductive_maturity (numerical): 2 a (2-2 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnynnnn (1); nyyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (5) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Standish_2019]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 18.8 mg/g (18.8-18.8 mg/g) [sources: Standish_2019]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.5 mg/g (0.5-0.5 mg/g) [sources: Standish_2019]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 79.59 mg (64.9-94.28 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 7.83 m (1-10 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	13	18	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/.
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.
Barrett_2009	6	15	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.
Wheeler_2002	8	10	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Standish_2019	8	8	R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Burrows_2008_2	5	5	N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_2020	5	5	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
Sweedman_2006	1	3	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
RBGK_2014	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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_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.