Persoonia muelleri

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Persoonia muelleri (P.Parm.) Orchard

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Drimys intermedia P.Parm. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Drimys muelleri P.Parm. (nomenclatural synonym)
Persoonia gunnii var. alpina Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (11), Chen_2017 (4), Jordan_2001 (7), Jordan_2020 (20), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 62 records in 11 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

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2); pyrene (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 272.47 mm2 (191.51-353.43 mm2) [sources: Jordan_2020; Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 40.75 mm (13-60 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 8.25 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 269.36 g/m2 (269.36-269.36 g/m2) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblanceolate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); involute (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Jordan_2020; McGlone_2015]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (1); flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_stomatal_density_abaxial (numerical): 27.33 {count}/mm2 (27.33-27.33 {count}/mm2) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_stomatal_density_adaxial (numerical): 16.68 {count}/mm2 (16.68-16.68 {count}/mm2) [sources: Jordan_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; Jordan_2020; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 4.8 mm (4.8-4.8 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 4 m (1-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Jordan_2020	20	20	G. J. Jordan, R. J. Carpenter, B. R. Holland, N. J. Beeton, M. D. Woodhams, and T. J. Brodribb. “Links between environment and stomatal size through evolutionary time in Proteaceae”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287.1919 (2020), p. 20192876. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2876.
ABRS_2023	8	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, 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.
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.
ABRS_1981	2	2	B. 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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mokany_2015	1	1	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.