AusTraits

Platysace lanceolata

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Family Apiaceae

Taxonomy: Platysace lanceolata (Labill.) Druce

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Azorella lanceolata Labill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Fischera lanceolata (Labill.) Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Siebera billardierei Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Siebera billardierei Benth. var. billardierei (taxonomic synonym)
  • Siebera billardierei var. lanceolata (Labill.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Siebera lanceolata (Labill.) Druce (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trachymene billardierei (Benth.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trachymene billardierei (Benth.) F.Muell. var. billardierei (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trachymene billardierei var. lanceolata (Labill.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trachymene lanceolata (Labill.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trachymene lanceolata (Labill.) Spreng. var. lanceolata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trachymene lanceolata var. typica Domin (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Cheal_2017 (4), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Hughes_1992 (3), Kubiak_2009 (8), McCarthy_2017 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (11), NHNSW_2024 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (13), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Williams_2011 (9), eFLOWER_2021 (14). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 75 traits from 166 records in 21 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); resprouts (8) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 18 mo (18-18 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.88 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.8 mm (1.5-2.1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 64.3 mm2 (64.3-64.3 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 29.17 mm (5-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 7.71 mm (3.1-15 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 8 mg (8-8 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.2-0.2 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 121.95 g/m2 (121.95-121.95 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblanceolate (2); orbicular (2); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8); subshrub (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); ants (1); invertebrates (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyynnnnnyyyy (2); yyyynnnnnnny (1); yyyynnnnnyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.03 mm (2.03-2.03 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): sectoroid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.47 mg/mm3 (0.46-0.49 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231116VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_20211314J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
NHNSW_2024913N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_20141213B. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2911Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Williams_201199R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Kubiak_200958P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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.
McCarthy_201715J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Cheal_201744D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Clarke_200933P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
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.
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.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
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.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.