AusTraits

Pultenaea spinosa

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Pultenaea spinosa (DC.) H.B.Will.

Synonyms: 21 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Euchilus cuspidatus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gastrolobium hugelii Henfr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oxylobium spinosum DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pultenaea cunninghamii (Benth.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea cunninghamii (Benth.) F.Muell. ex H.B.Will. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea cunninghamii (Benth.) F.Muell. ex H.B.Will. var. cunninghamii (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea cunninghamii (Benth.) F.Muell. ex H.B.Will. x Pultenaea flexilis Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea cunninghamii var. pubescens Benth. ex Ewart (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea cunninghamii var. pubescens Benth. ex H.B.Will. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea oxalidifolia Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea sp. 'Maryborough' (T.D.Stanley 87) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea sp. (Maryborough T.Stanley 87) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea sp. Hidden Valley (B.Jackes Dec 1976) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea ternata (F.Muell. ex Hannaford) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea ternata (F.Muell. ex Hannaford) F.Muell. var. ternata (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea ternata var. cuspidata (F.Muell.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pultenaea ternata var. pubescens Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spadostyles cunninghamii Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spadostyles ternata F.Muell. ex Hannaford (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spadostylis cunninghami F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spadostylis ternata F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Doherty_2021 (4), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), McCarthy_2017 (30), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), NHNSW_2024 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (7), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (57). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 51 traits from 177 records in 18 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 (4); resprouts (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.25 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 71.07 mm2 (62.5-90.56 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 14.62 mm (4-22 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15.94 mm (1.5-25 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 78.49 g/m2 (58.96-93.34 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (3); rhomboidal (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (3); involute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (1); flat (3); involute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (2); whorled (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (2); zoochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (2); invertebrates (3); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.43 mg (11.43-11.43 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.72 mg/mm3 (0.63-0.98 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201957M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
McCarthy_2017330J. 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.
NHNSW_20241014N. 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/.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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/.
RBGV_20231113VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201788D. 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.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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.
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.
Doherty_202124M. 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.
NHNSW_2014_224Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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_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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.