AusTraits

Philotheca hispidula

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Philotheca hispidula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eriostemon hispidulus Sieber ex Spreng. (basionym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Hughes_1992 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 58 records in 13 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); partial_resprouting (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1); mericarp (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 18.75 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1); obtriangular (1); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.32 mg (10.32-10.32 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231113N. 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/.
ABRS_2023911Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_2014910B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Clarke_201522P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. 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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.