Philotheca scabra
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Family Rutaceae
Taxonomy: Philotheca scabra (Paxton) Paul G.Wilson
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eriostemon scaber A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriostemon scaber Gérard (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriostemon scaber Paxton (nomenclatural synonym)
- Eriostemon scabrum A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriostemon scabrum Gérard (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriostemon scabrum Paxton (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (8), Collette_2021 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 54 records in 10 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) [sources: White_2020]
flower morphology
- 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): 15 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_oblong (2); terete (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (2); conduplicate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.19 mg (10.19-10.19 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 19 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 10 | 12 | 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/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 7 | 8 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. 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. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/. |
| 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. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |