Planocarpa petiolaris
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Family Ericaceae
Taxonomy: Planocarpa petiolaris (DC.) C.M.Weiller
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cyathodes adscendens Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyathodes ascendens Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
- Cyathodes petiolaris (DC.) Druce (nomenclatural synonym)
- Leucopogon petiolaris DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Styphelia hookeri F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Styphelia petiolaris (DC.) Sleumer (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Jordan_2001 (7), Kirkpatrick_2020 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (12). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 31 records in 7 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: Kirkpatrick_2020]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
fruit morphology
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 1002.17 mm2 (1002.17-1002.17 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
- leaf_length (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: McGlone_2015]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.75-3.75 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
- seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.3-0.5 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; Mokany_2015]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 10 | 12 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Jordan_2001 | 7 | 7 | G. 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_2015 | 6 | 6 | M. 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. |
| Mokany_2015 | 2 | 2 | K. 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kirkpatrick_2020 | 1 | 1 | J. Kirkpatrick. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits for woody Tasmanian endemic species, University of Tasmania”. 2020. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |