Spyridium globulosum

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Family Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy: Spyridium globulosum (Labill.) Benth.

Synonyms: 17 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ceanothus globulosa Labill. (nomenclatural synonym)
Ceanothus globulosus Labill. (nomenclatural synonym)
Cryptandra albicans (Steud.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Cryptandra globulosa (Labill.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pomaderris aemula Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
Pomaderris albicans Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
Pomaderris globulosa (Labill.) G.Don (nomenclatural synonym)
Pomaderris phillyraefolia Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
Pomaderris phillyreifolia Fenzl (taxonomic synonym)
Pomaderris philyraefolia Fenzl (taxonomic synonym)
Pomaderris phylirifolia A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Pomaderris polyantha Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
Pomaderris pyrrophylla Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
Spyridium globulosum (Labill.) Benth. var. globulosum (nomenclatural synonym)
Spyridium globulosum var. albicans (Steud.) Diels (taxonomic synonym)
Trymalium albicans (Steud.) Reissek (taxonomic synonym)
Trymalium globulosum (Labill.) Fenzl (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Barrett_2009 (16), Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Detombeur_2021 (45), Draper_2023 (3), Guilherme_Pereira_2018 (9), Guilherme_Pereira_2019 (193), Hayes_2014 (242), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_3 (1), Laliberte_2012 (28), Pickup_2021 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (18), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 90 traits from 601 records in 22 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 (6); resprouts (1) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Pickup_2021; Tsakalos_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4) [sources: Barrett_2009; Pickup_2021]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 6 mo (6-6 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4518.08 mm2 (3946.28-5848.01 mm2) [sources: Laliberte_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 42.5 mm (15-70 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 192.38 g/m2 (144.8-240.48 g/m2) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.45 g/g (0.39-0.49 g/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: Barrett_2009; Laliberte_2012; Pickup_2021; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Hayes_2014]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (3); ectomycorrhizal (2) [sources: Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012; Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
reproductive_maturity (numerical): 0.5 a (0.5-0.5 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyyyn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (6) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Pickup_2021]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 7.94 mg/g (1.11-13.3 mg/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.6 mg/g (0.32-0.96 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2021; Guilherme_Pereira_2018; Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Hayes_2014]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.36 {delta}[ppth] (-28.23--26.2 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Laliberte_2012]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 36.04 umol{CO2}/m2/s (25.76-43.54 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.21 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.16-0.27 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.35 mg (1.18-1.52 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2.9 m (0.6-5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Hayes_2014	26	242	P. Hayes, B. L. Turner, H. Lambers, and E. Laliberte. “Foliar nutrient concentrations and resorption efficiency in plants of contrasting nutrient-acquisition strategies along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence”. Journal of Ecology 102.2 (2013), pp. 396-410. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12196.
Guilherme_Pereira_2019	21	193	C. G. Pereira, P. E. Hayes, O. S. O'Sullivan, L. K. Weerasinghe, P. L. Clode, O. K. Atkin, and H. Lambers. “Trait convergence in photosynthetic nutrient-use efficiency along a 2-million year dune chronosequence in a global biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 107.4 (2019), pp. 2006-2023. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13158.
Detombeur_2021	9	45	F. de Tombeur, E. Laliberte, H. Lambers, M. Faucon, G. Zemunik, B. L. Turner, J. Cornelis, and G. Mahy. “A shift from phenol to silica-based leaf defenses during long-term soil and ecosystem development”. Ecology Letters 24.5 (2021), pp. 984-995. doi: 10.1111/ele.13713.
Laliberte_2012	9	28	E. Laliberte, B. L. Turner, T. Costes, S. J. Pearse, K. Wyrwoll, G. Zemunik, and H. Lambers. “Experimental assessment of nutrient limitation along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence in the south-western Australia biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 100 (2012), pp. 631-642. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01962.x.
Tsakalos_2020	17	18	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
Barrett_2009	6	16	S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
Wheeler_2002	8	10	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Guilherme_Pereira_2018	3	9	C. G. Pereira, P. L. Clode, R. S. Oliveira, and H. Lambers. “Eudicots from severely phosphorus-impoverished environments preferentially allocate phosphorus to their mesophyll”. New Phytologist 218.3 (2018), pp. 959-973. doi: 10.1111/nph.15043.
Burrows_2008_2	5	5	N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_2020	5	5	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Pickup_2021	5	5	M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Sweedman_2006	2	4	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
Kew_2019_3	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.