AusTraits

Stackhousia monogyna

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Family Celastraceae

Taxonomy: Stackhousia monogyna Labill.

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Stackhousia gunniana Schltdl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia gunnii Schltdl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia linarifolia F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia linariifolia A.Cunn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia maidenii Pamp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia maidenii Pamp. var. maidenii (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia maidenii var. flexuosa Pamp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia maidenii var. typica Pamp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia monogyna Labill. var. monogyna (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Stackhousia monogyna var. linariifolia (A.Cunn.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia monogyna var. lineariifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia monogyna var. obtusa (Lindl.) Pamp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia obtusa Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (8), ANBG_2019 (12), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Cheal_2017 (6), Chen_2017 (3), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2017 (1), Gosper_2012 (4), Harvey_2017 (5), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (3), Lunt_2012 (1), Mokany_2015 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (10), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Pekin_2011 (5), Pickup_2021 (20), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Standish_2019 (7), Sweedman_2006 (3), Tolsma_2007 (7), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (40), Williams_2011 (10), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (31). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 93 traits from 283 records in 41 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); partial_resprouting (6); resprouts (6) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Pekin_2011; Pickup_2021; Standish_2019; Tolsma_2007; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4) [sources: Pickup_2021]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020; NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2); yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (4); schizocarp (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 94.25 mm2 (94.25-94.25 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 29 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.08 mm (0.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 67.07 g/m2 (63.25-70.89 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Lunt_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (3); linear (2); narrowly_obovate (1); strap-shaped (2); widely_elliptical (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1); hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1); leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (17) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; Tolsma_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (1); hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (15) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; Pekin_2011; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; Tolsma_2007; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: Pekin_2011; Standish_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (4) [sources: Pekin_2011; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 1 a (1-1 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); undefined (1); zoochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); invertebrates (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyy (2); nnnnnyyyyyyy (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (1); ynnnnnnyyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (2); soil_seedbank (8) [sources: Gosper_2012; Harvey_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Standish_2019]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (2) [sources: Gosper_2012; Harvey_2017]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (7) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1); none (1); rhizome (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Pekin_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.94 mg (1.28-3.02 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015; Standish_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.86 mm (1.51-2.2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.7 mm (1.5-1.9 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_20222431L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Pickup_2021520M. 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.
Tsakalos_20201617J. 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.
ANBG_2019512Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
RBGV_2023912VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023810N. 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/.
Wheeler_2002810J. 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.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
NSWFRD_201499B. 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.
ABRS_202378Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_202367S. 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/.
Standish_201977R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Tolsma_200767A. D. Tolsma, S. M. Read, and K. G. Tolhurst. “Roots of Australian alpine plant species contain high levels of stored carbohydrates independent of post-fire regeneration strategy”. Australian Journal of Botany 55.8 (2007), pp. 771-779. doi: 10.1071/BT06216.
Cheal_201766D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Harvey_201755J. M. Harvey, A. J. M. Hopkins, M. A. Langley, C. R. Gosper, M. R. Williams, and C. J. Yates. “Long-term studies of post-fire reproduction in an Australian shrubland and woodland”. Australian Journal of Botany 65.4 (2017), p. 339. doi: 10.1071/bt17011.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
Pekin_201155B. K. Pekin, R. S. Wittkuhn, M. M. Boer, C. Macfarlane, and P. F. Grierson. “Plant functional traits along environmental gradients in seasonally dry and fire-prone ecosystem”. Journal of Vegetation Science 22 (2011), pp. 1009-1020. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01323.x.
Burrows_2008_244N. 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_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Gosper_201244C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, and S. M. Prober. “Changes in plant species and functional composition with time since fire in two mediterranean climate plant communities”. Journal of Vegetation Science 23.6 (2012), pp. 1071-1081. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01434.x.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_201733Chen, 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.
Draper_202333J. 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_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Sjostrom_200622A. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. 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/.
Dwyer_201711J. M. Dwyer and D. C. Laughlin. “Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: The importance of trait covariance in community assembly”. Ecology Letters 20.7 (2017), pp. 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781.
Lunt_201211I. Lunt and J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from various Morgan and Lunt projects 1990-2012, Charles Sturt & La Trobe University”. 2012.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.