Xanthorrhoea
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Family Xanthorrhoeaceae
Taxonomy:
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Acaroides Sol. ex Kite (taxonomic synonym)
- Xanthorrhaea F.M.Bailey (orthographic variant)
- Xantorrhoea Diels (orthographic variant)
Distribution (APC):
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (2), Clarke_2015 (3), Schulze_2014 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 5 traits from 6 records in 3 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: Clarke_2015]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 236.62 mm2 (236.62-236.62 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2014]
life history
- bud_bank_location (categorical): apical_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 16.68 mg (11.88-21.48 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| ANBG_2019 | 1 | 2 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| Schulze_2014 | 1 | 1 | E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0. |