Tetratheca pilosa subsp. pilosa

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Family Elaeocarpaceae

Taxonomy: Tetratheca pilosa Labill. subsp. pilosa

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Tetratheca pilosa Labill. var. pilosa (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 54 records in 6 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 (1) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (2-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.38 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): incurved (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1); spreading (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
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): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); ynnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: TMAG_2009]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	13	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
TMAG_2009	10	12	Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
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/.
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.