Philotheca fitzgeraldii

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Philotheca fitzgeraldii (C.R.P.Andrews) Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eriostemon apricus Diels (taxonomic synonym)
Eriostemon fitzgeraldii C.R.P.Andrews (basionym)
Eriostemon gibbosus Luehm. ex Ewart (taxonomic synonym)
Phebalium apricum (Diels) Ewart & B.Rees (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (10), Draper_2023 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_1 (9), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 44 records in 12 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 (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1); mericarp (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (3.5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.12 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1]
leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (1); erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyyyn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.44 m (0.25-0.6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	8	10	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2023_1	7	9	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
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_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
WAH_2022_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://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.
Wright_2000	1	1	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.