Washingtonia filifera
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Family Arecaceae
Taxonomy: Washingtonia filifera (Linden ex André) H.Wendl.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Pritchardia filifera Linden ex André (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (doubtfully naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (8), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 26 records in 8 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 (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
- post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); obtriangular (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (3); tree (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 16.75 m (12-25 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 8 | 8 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_1 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Yang_2023 | 2 | 2 | S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |