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Stenanthemum leucophractum

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Family Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy: Stenanthemum leucophractum (Schltdl.) Reissek

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cryptandra leucophracta Schltdl. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Solenandra leucophracta (Schltdl.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Solenandra leucophractum Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Spyridium leucophractum (Schltdl.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Trymalium leucophractum Reissek (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), Cheal_2017 (8), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 143 records in 20 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); resprouts (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Yang_2023]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2); mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 10.4 mm2 (10.4-10.4 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 6.4 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.97 mm (2-8 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2 mg (2-2 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.12 cm (0.05-0.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 188.68 g/m2 (188.68-188.68 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obcordate (2); obovate (4); spathulate (1); widely_obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (1); conduplicate (1); flat (1); recurved (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8); subshrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1); zoochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); ants (1); invertebrates (2) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); yynnnnnnnnny (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.5-1.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201938M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231116Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231113VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231011S. 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/.
Cheal_201788D. 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.
NHNSW_202368N. 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/.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
NSWFRD_201466B. 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.
Fonseca_200055C. 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.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_202311S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.