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Prostanthera lasianthos

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Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Prostanthera lasianthos Labill.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Prostanthera lasianthos 'var. subcoriacea' variant (taxonomic synonym)
  • Prostanthera lasianthos Labill. var. lasianthos (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Prostanthera lasianthos Typical variant (taxonomic synonym)
  • Prostanthera lasianthos var. subcoriacea F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Caldwell_2016 (30), Cheal_2017 (16), Clarke_2009 (2), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Cooper_2013 (10), Doherty_2021 (3), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kooyman_2011 (11), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (3), Muir_2014 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Peeters_2002 (12), Pickup_2021 (10), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Staples_2019 (5), Tng_2013 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (95), Williams_2011 (10), Wright_2006 (6), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 90 traits from 318 records in 30 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 (9); partial_resprouting (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (6) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (4); nut (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2); fleshy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2007.04 mm2 (1314-3015.93 mm2) [sources: Caldwell_2016; Mokany_2015; Peeters_2002; Tng_2013; Wright_2006]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 88.75 mm (30-120 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 23.88 mm (8-35 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 140.96 mg (78.7-260.3 mg) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.8 cm (0.6-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 77.41 g/m2 (52.64-109.89 g/m2) [sources: Caldwell_2016; Muir_2014; Peeters_2002; Tng_2013; Wright_2006]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.7 g/g (1.64-3.14 g/g) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Peeters_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2); cuneate (2); oblique (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; Peeters_2002]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (12); tree (8) [sources: Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Peeters_2002; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Peeters_2002]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (5) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (3); yynnnnnnnnyy (1); yyynnnnnnnyy (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (5) [sources: Clarke_2009; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (2); persistent (3); transient (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (6) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 18.13 mg/g (16.64-23.4 mg/g) [sources: Caldwell_2016; Muir_2014; Peeters_2002]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -32.05 {delta}[ppth] (-32.05--32.05 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Tng_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.6 mg (0.95-1.96 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.45 mg/mm3 (0.32-0.58 mg/mm3) [sources: Staples_2019; Tng_2013; Wright_2006]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Wright_2006]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201995M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Caldwell_2016630E. Caldwell, J. Read, and G. D. Sanson. “Which leaf mechanical traits correlate with insect herbivory among feeding guilds?”. Annals of Botany 117 (2015), pp. 349-361. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcv178.
RBGV_2023919VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221618L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cheal_2017816D. 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.
NHNSW_2023913N. 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/.
Peeters_20021212P. J. Peeters. “Correlations between leaf structural traits and the densities of herbivorous insect guilds”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 77 (2002), pp. 43-65. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00091.x.
Kooyman_2011911R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Cooper_2013910W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Pickup_2021510M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Williams_20111010R. 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.
NSWFRD_201489B. 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.
Jordan_200166G. 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_201366D. 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.
Wright_200646I. J. Wright, D. S. Falster, M. Pickup, and M. Westoby. “Cross-species patterns in the coordination between leaf and stem traits, and their implications for plant hydraulics”. Physiologia Plantarum 127 (2006), pp. 445-456. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00699.x.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Staples_201915T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Doherty_202133M. 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.
Mokany_201533K. 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.
Muir_201433A. M. Muir, P. A. Vesk, and G. Hepworth. “Reproductive trajectories over decadal time-spans after fire for eight obligate-seeder shrub species in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany 62.5 (2014), pp. 369-379. doi: 10.1071/bt14117.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
Clarke_200922P. 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.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.