Styphelia fletcheri subsp. brevisepala

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Family Ericaceae

Taxonomy: Styphelia fletcheri subsp. brevisepala (J.M.Powell) Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Leucopogon aff. fletcheri (taxonomic synonym)
Leucopogon fletcheri subsp. brachysepalus J.M.Powell & G.Robertson (taxonomic synonym)
Leucopogon fletcheri subsp. brevisepala J.M.Powell & G.Robertson (taxonomic synonym)
Leucopogon fletcheri subsp. brevisepalus J.M.Powell (nomenclatural synonym)
Leucopogon sp. D (aff. fletcheri) (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Leucopogon biflorus R.Br. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Purdie_1976 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 62 records in 10 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): resprouts (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Purdie_1976]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Purdie_1976]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.32 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 8.93 mm (3.7-17 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.17 mm (1.2-3.1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblong (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.38 m (0.4-1.8 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): sharp_pointed_defence (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	10	14	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	10	13	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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	B. 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.
Purdie_1976	2	2	R. W. Purdie and R. O. Slatyer. “Vegetation succession after fire in sclerophyll woodland communities in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (1976), pp. 223-236.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Clarke_2015	1	1	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.