Pomaderris obcordata

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Family Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy: Pomaderris obcordata Fenzl

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pomaderris biaurita (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Pomaderris biauritum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Trymalium biauritum Reissek & F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Trymalium bilobatum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic (presumed extinct)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (18), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 81 records in 14 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_type (categorical): capsule (2); mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (6-20 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 8.83 mm (2-12 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.15 cm (0.1-0.2 cm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): obcordate (2); obovate (1); obtriangular (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
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): nnnnnyyyyyyn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.87 mg (1.87-1.87 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 1.78 mm (1.78-1.78 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 0.82 mm (0.82-0.82 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2) [sources: ANBG_2019; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.7 m (0.3-1 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_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.
SAH_2023	14	18	S. 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_2023	12	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
ANBG_2019	4	4	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. 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/.
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/.
Schmidt_1993	1	1	S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.