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Pimelea microcephala

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Family Thymelaeaceae

Taxonomy: Pimelea microcephala R.Br.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aschenfeldtia pimeleoides Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Banksia microcephala (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Calyptrostegia microcephala (R.Br.) Endl. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pimelea distinctissima F.Muell. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (6), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (4), Fonseca_2000 (5), Hughes_2005 (5), Leishman_1992 (7), McGlone_2015 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (2), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (4), Pickup_2005 (5), SAH_2022 (5), SAH_2023 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Sweedman_2006 (4), Vesk_2004 (13), Vesk_2019 (2), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2003 (4), Westoby_2014 (39), Wright_2001 (1), Wright_2002 (104). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 101 traits from 272 records in 34 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 33.41 mm2 (15.4-50 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; Pickup_2005; Westoby_2003; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 29.67 mm (7-44 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.36 mm (1-7 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1 mg (1-1 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 77.01 g/m2 (56.8-111.33 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Pickup_2005; Vesk_2004; Westoby_2003; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 3.07 mm2/mg (3.07-3.07 mm2/mg) [sources: Pickup_2005]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.17-0.22 g/g) [sources: Vesk_2004]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); linear (1); linear_elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (4); narrowly_oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (12) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Vesk_2004; Vesk_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); open (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (2); nnnyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; WAH_1998]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 29.4 mg/g (28.01-30.8 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.01 mg/g (1.94-2.09 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.67 {delta}[ppth] (-26.9--24.44 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.61 mg (4.02-7.2 mg) [sources: Leishman_1992; Wright_2001]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.71 mg/mm3 (0.63-0.76 mg/mm3) [sources: Hughes_2005; Pickup_2005; Westoby_2014]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Pickup_2005; Westoby_2014]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 290 {count}/mm2 (290-290 {count}/mm2) [sources: Hughes_2005]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 15 um (15-15 um) [sources: Hughes_2005]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.06 mm2/mm2 (0.06-0.06 mm2/mm2) [sources: Hughes_2005]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.81 m (0.8-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Leishman_1992; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wright_200234104I. J. Wright and M. Westoby. “Leaves at low versus high rainfall: Coordination of structure, lifespan and physiology”. New Phytologist 155 (2002), pp. 403-416. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00479.x.
Westoby_20143139S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
Vesk_2004513P. A. Vesk, M. R. Leishman, and M. Westoby. “Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands”. Journal of Applied Ecology 41.1 (2004), pp. 22-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00857.x.
NHNSW_2023912N. 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/.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
SAH_202357S. 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/.
ABRS_202366Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Chen_201755Chen, 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.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Hughes_200555K. Hughes. “Unpublished data: Wood and stem density data for Australian plant species, Macquarie University”. 2005.
NHNSW_202255N. 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/.
Pickup_200555M. Pickup, M. Westoby, and A. Basden. “Dry mass costs of deploying leaf area in relation to leaf size”. Functional Ecology 19.1 (2005), pp. 88-97. doi: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00927.x.
SAH_202255S. 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/.
Draper_202344J. 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.
NTH_202344D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Westoby_200344M. Westoby and I. J. Wright. “The leaf size - twig size spectrum and its relationship to other important spectra of variation among species”. Oecologia 135 (2003), pp. 621-628. doi: 10.1007/s00442-003-1231-6.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200633A. 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_198122B. 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/.
ABRS_202222Australian 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_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201422B. 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.
Vesk_201922P. A. Vesk and J. D. L. Yen. “Plant resprouting: How many sprouts and how deep? Flexible modelling of multispecies experimental disturbances.”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 41 (2019), p. 125497. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2019.125497.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_200111I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Seed mass reserve data for various species in NSW, Macquarie University”. 2001.