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Styphelia sieberi

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Family Ericaceae

Taxonomy: Styphelia sieberi (DC.) Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Leucopogon juniperinus R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leucopogon sieberi DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lissanthe propinqua DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Styphelia juniperina (R.Br.) Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Doherty_2021 (2), Fonseca_2000 (5), Kubiak_2009 (3), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (5), McGlone_2015 (6), Mesaglio_2022 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Pickup_2021 (30), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soliveres_2012 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 137 records in 23 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 (3); partial_resprouting (7); resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (7) [sources: Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.55 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 6.1 mm2 (3.8-8.4 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 9.9 mm (5.6-12 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.85 mm (1-2.5 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1 mg (1-1 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.04 cm (0.03-0.06 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 100.53 g/m2 (68.97-132.1 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (1); oblong (2); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • 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): herb (1); shrub (13); subshrub (1) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Soliveres_2012; 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 (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); endozoochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (1); nnnnyynnnnnn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (2); nnnynnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (7) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (8) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): morphophysiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 7.21 mg (7.2-7.22 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Pickup_2021530M. 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.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231317N. 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_20231013VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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.
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.
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.
Leishman_199555M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
Kubiak_200923P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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.
Mesaglio_202212T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Soliveres_201222S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
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.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
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.