AusTraits

Senna artemisioides subsp. x sturtii

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Senna artemisioides subsp. x sturtii (R.Br.) Randell

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cassia desolata F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cassia desolata F.Muell. var. desolata (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cassia sturtii R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Senna form taxon 'sturtii' (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (3), Curtis_2012 (14), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), Nano_2011 (4), Pate_1998 (6), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2022 (6), SAH_2023 (16), Schulze_2014 (8), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (95). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 213 records in 19 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 (5); resprouts (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 63.33 mm (50-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10.33 mm (9-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 57.86 mm2 (57.86-57.86 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 22.91 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.56 mm (2-8 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 12.76 mg (12.76-12.76 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 361.93 g/m2 (230.59-493.27 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.43 g/g (0.43-0.43 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); linear (3); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (6) [sources: Pate_1998; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (13) [sources: ABRS_2022; Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; Pate_1998; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; Pate_1998; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Schulze_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (6); non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Pate_1998; Schulze_2014; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyynnnn (1); yyyyyynyyyyy (5) [sources: ABRS_1981; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (6) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 23.95 mg/g (23.95-23.95 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.79 {delta}[ppth] (-27.68--25.9 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Pate_1998; Schulze_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2) [sources: SAH_2023]
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.
ABRS_20231219Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231016N. 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/.
SAH_20231016S. 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/.
Curtis_20121414E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
Schulze_201488E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0.
Pate_199866J. S. Pate, M. J. Unkovich, P. D. Erskine, and G. R. Stewart. “Australian mulga ecosystems- 13C and 15N natural abundances of biota components and their ecophysiological significance”. Plant, Cell and Environment 21.12 (1998), pp. 1231-1242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00359.x.
SAH_202236S. 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/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Nano_201134C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
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/.
ABRS_198122B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.