Sclerolaena muricata var. muricata

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Family Chenopodiaceae

Taxonomy: Sclerolaena muricata (Moq.) Domin var. muricata

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Anisacantha quinquecuspis F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Bassia quinquecuspis (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Bassia quinquecuspis (F.Muell.) F.Muell. var. quinquecuspis (taxonomic synonym)
Chenolea quinquecuspis (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Sclerolaena muricata var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Fonseca_2000 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (5), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (6), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 37 traits from 68 records in 13 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 (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): utricle (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4.2 mm2 (4.2-4.2 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_length (numerical): 10 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.3 mm (1.3-1.3 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1 mg (1-1 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 129.87 g/m2 (129.87-129.87 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (3); narrowly_elliptical (2); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4); shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): mammals (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): sharp_pointed_defence (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.
ABRS_2023	7	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2023	7	8	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	6	6	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	5	5	N. 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/.
Fonseca_2000	4	4	C. 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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. 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.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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_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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.