AusTraits

Pyracantha fortuneana

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Pyracantha fortuneana (Maxim.) H.L.Li

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 53 records in 9 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): pome (2); pyrene (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1); sprawling (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231520VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231217N. 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_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
NSWFRD_201422B. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kubiak_200911P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.