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Philotheca verrucosa

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Philotheca verrucosa (A.Rich.) Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eriostemon dolabratus Rchb. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Eriostemon obcordatum A.Cunn. ex Hook. (orthographic variant)
  • Eriostemon obcordatus A.Cunn. ex Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eriostemon verrucosum A.Rich. (orthographic variant)
  • Eriostemon verrucosus A.Rich. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), ANBG_2019 (4), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (3), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (12), Tng_2013 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 112 records in 19 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.75 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2); mericarp (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 60.07 mm2 (20-117.81 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Tng_2013]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 11.1 mm (3-15 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.7 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 217.1 g/m2 (217.1-217.1 g/m2) [sources: Tng_2013]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obcordate (4); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); nnnnnnyyyyyn (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; 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]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.88 {delta}[ppth] (-29.88--29.88 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Tng_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.46 mg (6.46-6.46 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.39 mm (3.5-5.08 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.96 mm (1.5-2.43 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1); sectoroid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.82 mg/mm3 (0.82-0.82 mg/mm3) [sources: Tng_2013]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231113VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023912S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
TMAG_20091012Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
ABRS_2023811Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Jordan_200177G. 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_201566M. 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.
Tng_201355D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Mokany_201523K. 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.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
RBGV_202222VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.