Tetratheca insularis
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Family Elaeocarpaceae
Taxonomy: Tetratheca insularis Joy Thomps.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Tetratheca ericifolia var. pilosa Tate (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Tetratheca ericifolia Sm. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Pickup_2021 (5), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 36 records in 7 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): partial_resprouting (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1); revolute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1); whorled (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: Pickup_2021; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): cylindrical (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.2-0.2 m) [sources: SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 14 | 17 | S. 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/. |
| Pickup_2021 | 5 | 5 | M. 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. |
| SAH_2022 | 4 | 4 | S. 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_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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_2023 | 3 | 3 | J. 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |