AusTraits

Stackhousia subterranea

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Family Celastraceae

Taxonomy: Stackhousia subterranea W.R.Barker

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Stackhousia aff. monogyna (Western Plains) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia gunnii Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia sp. 1 (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stackhousia sp. Midlands (D.I.Morris 86361) Duretto (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Stackhousia flava Hook. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Stackhousia monogyna Labill. (pro parte misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (5), Mokany_2015 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Stephens_2021 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2005 (5), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 76 records in 14 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 172.79 mm2 (172.79-172.79 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 13.5 mm (7-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); obovate (1); strap-shaped (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (3) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Jordan_2001; Morgan_2011_1; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); undefined (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); invertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2021]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Williams_2005]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (3) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2005]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.88 mg (2.14-3.47 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015; Williams_2005]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.2 mm (2.2-2.2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023912VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
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.
Kew_2019_115Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
Williams_200555N. S. G. Williams, J. W. Morgan, M. J. McDonnell, and M. A. McCarthy. “Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient”. Journal of Ecology 93.6 (2005), pp. 1203-1213. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01039.x.
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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Stephens_202111R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.