Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Senna artemisioides subsp. zygophylla (Benth.) Randell

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cassia canaliculata R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Cassia eremophila var. zygophylla (Benth.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Cassia nemophila var. zygophylla (Benth.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Cassia zygophylla Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Senna form taxon 'zygophylla' (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), Chen_2017 (4), Collette_2021 (1), Fonseca_2000 (5), Jurado_1991 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (13), SAH_2023 (5), Stewart_1995 (9), Thomas_2017 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (57). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 159 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 (3) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Chen_2017]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 29.05 mm2 (23-35.1 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Jurado_1991]
leaf_length (numerical): 27.38 mm (8-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.55 mm (1.2-4 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 14 mg (14-14 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.38 cm (0.8-2.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 489.93 g/m2 (384.62-595.24 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Thomas_2017]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (3); linear_elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (2); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (9); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Jurado_1991; RBGV_2022; Stewart_1995; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Stewart_1995]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3); non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); epizoochory (3) [sources: Jurado_1991; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (3) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyynnnn (1); nnnnnyyyyyyn (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.9 mg/g (15.9-15.9 mg/g) [sources: Thomas_2017]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.57 {delta}[ppth] (-25.7--25.5 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Stewart_1995]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 20.12 mg (12.15-32.64 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_1; Thomas_2017]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.87 mg/mm3 (0.87-0.87 mg/mm3) [sources: Thomas_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	57	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	12	19	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	10	13	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Thomas_2017	5	12	F. M. Thomas and P. A. Vesk. “Growth races in The Mallee: Height growth in woody plants examined with a trait-based model”. Austral Ecology 42.7 (2017), pp. 790-800. doi: 10.1111/aec.12501.
NHNSW_2023	8	11	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/.
Stewart_1995	6	9	G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Jurado_1991	6	6	E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
Fonseca_2000	5	5	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.
SAH_2023	4	5	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/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, 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.
Kew_2019_6	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
ABRS_1981	2	2	B. 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/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. 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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.