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Xanthosia huegelii

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Family Apiaceae

Taxonomy: Xanthosia huegelii (Benth.) Steud.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Leucolaena huegelii Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Xanthosia glabrata Bunge (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xanthosia huegelii subsp. aurea Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xanthosia pusilla Bunge (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xanthosia pusilla Bunge var. pusilla (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xanthosia pusilla var. glabrata (Bunge) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xanthosia villosa Turcz. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Cheal_2017 (1), Draper_2023 (6), Goble_1981 (6), Harvey_2017 (6), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (1), Mokany_2015 (1), Pekin_2011 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Standish_2019 (7), Tsakalos_2020 (19), Tsakalos_2022 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (62). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 56 traits from 180 records in 25 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.38 mm (2.5-4 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 156.74 mm2 (72.63-240.86 mm2) [sources: Goble_1981; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 18.94 mm (6-32.31 mm) [sources: Goble_1981; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 14.47 mm (1-30 mm) [sources: Goble_1981; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.2 cm (0.6-3 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 52 g/m2 (52-52 g/m2) [sources: Goble_1981]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2); widely_obovate (1) [sources: Goble_1981; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed_deep (1); unlobed (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2); simple (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5); shrub (3); subshrub (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (11); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Pekin_2011; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1); prostrate (6) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: Pekin_2011; Standish_2019; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (3) [sources: Pekin_2011; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (4) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (5) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (5) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (2); animals (2); invertebrates (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); nnnnyyyyyynn (1); ynnnyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (1); soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Harvey_2017; Standish_2019]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Harvey_2017]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3); vegetative (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); rhizome_non_woody (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Tsakalos_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.05 mg (0.7-1.39 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Standish_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202162M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Tsakalos_20201819J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
RBGV_2023913VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
SAH_202378S. 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/.
Standish_201977R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Draper_202336J. 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.
Goble_198166E. Goble-Garratt, D. Bell, and W. Loneragan. “Floristic and leaf structure patterns along a shallow elevational gradient”. Australian Journal of Botany 29 (1981), pp. 329-347. doi: 10.1071/bt9810329.
Harvey_201766J. M. Harvey, A. J. M. Hopkins, M. A. Langley, C. R. Gosper, M. R. Williams, and C. J. Yates. “Long-term studies of post-fire reproduction in an Australian shrubland and woodland”. Australian Journal of Botany 65.4 (2017), p. 339. doi: 10.1071/bt17011.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Pekin_201144B. K. Pekin, R. S. Wittkuhn, M. M. Boer, C. Macfarlane, and P. F. Grierson. “Plant functional traits along environmental gradients in seasonally dry and fire-prone ecosystem”. Journal of Vegetation Science 22 (2011), pp. 1009-1020. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01323.x.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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_200633A. 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.
Tsakalos_202233J. L. Tsakalos, G. Ottaviani, S. Chelli, A. Rea, S. Elder, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands”. Annals of Botany 130.7 (2022), pp. 981-990. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac131.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Cheal_201711D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201511K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.