Woollsia pungens

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Family Ericaceae

Taxonomy: Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 19 (APC 2026-07-30)

Epacris attenuata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. (nomenclatural synonym)
Epacris odorata Roem. & Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
Epacris pungens Cav. (nomenclatural synonym)
Epacris pungens Cav. var. pungens (nomenclatural synonym)
Epacris pungens var. rubra Sims (taxonomic synonym)
Epacris rosea Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema attenuatum Link (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema pungens (Cav.) R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Lysinema pungens (Cav.) R.Br. var. pungens (nomenclatural synonym)
Lysinema pungens var. alba Sweet (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema pungens var. album Sweet (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema pungens var. rosea DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema pungens var. roseum DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema pungens var. sieberi (Benth.) DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema rosea Courtois (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema roseum Courtois (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema ruscifolium Sieber ex Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
Lysinema sieberi Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell. f. pungens (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Fonseca_2000 (5), Henery_2001 (3), Hughes_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kubiak_2009 (4), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Leishman_2007 (3), McCarthy_2017 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (11), Ooi_2007 (101), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (3), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 54 traits from 193 records in 22 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 (4); partial_resprouting (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Yang_2023]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (2); white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 1.05 cm (0.8-1.3 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 24.55 mm2 (22.1-27 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995]
leaf_length (numerical): 7.75 mm (3.5-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4.12 mm (1.5-6 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2 mg (2-2 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 94.61 g/m2 (76.69-104.17 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Leishman_2007]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1); subulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Leishman_1995]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nnnnyyyyynnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (2) [sources: Collette_2021; Ooi_2007]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.1 mg/g (8.1-8.1 mg/g) [sources: Leishman_2007]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.18 mg/g (0.18-0.18 mg/g) [sources: Leishman_2007]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.18 mg (0.06-0.22 mg) [sources: Henery_2001; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Ooi_2007]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.57 mg/mm3 (0.57-0.57 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.2 m (0.2-2 m) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Ooi_2007	2	101	M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	14	18	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2023	9	12	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/.
NSWFRD_2014	9	11	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.
Leishman_1995	6	6	M. 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.
Fonseca_2000	5	5	C. 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.
Kubiak_2009	3	4	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	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/.
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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	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.
Henery_2001	3	3	M. L. Henery and M. Westoby. “Seed mass and seed nutrient content as predictors of seed output variation between species”. Oikos 92 (2001), pp. 479-490. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920309.x.
Hughes_1992	3	3	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Leishman_2007	3	3	M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
Yang_2023	3	3	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. 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_1993	1	1	M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
McCarthy_2017	1	1	J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.