Exocarpos syrticola

(F.Muell. ex Miq.) Stauffer · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Exocarpos

At a glance

Occurrence records1 527

Data sources3

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Exocarpos syrticola's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 527 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 527 records

01Narrative

Exocarpos syrticola (common name coastal ballart, coast ballart) belongs to the sandalwood plant family (Santalaceae).Retrieved 24 August 2019. It is a species endemic to Australia and found on the coastal fringes of Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. It was first described in 1856 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Exocarpos strictus var. syrticola, and given species status in 1959 by Hans Ulrich Stauffer.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology12

Fruit length3.5 mm

Leaf length1.25 mm

Leaf size1.18 mm²

Leaf width0.3 mm

Plant height3.5 m

Plant height max3.5 m

Plant height min0.6 m

Seed length6 mm

Seed mass18.58 mg

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 18.58 mg · GIFT: 26.39 mg

Seed mass max26.39 mg

Seed mass min26.39 mg

Seed width3 mm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timeynnnnyyyyyyy

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite+monoecious

Habitat & environment7

Climatesubtropical

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typedrupe

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_triangular

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 527 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 088

Museum / vouchered437

Cultivated / captive2

Origin

Native547

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 060 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 592≤1 km 251≤10 km 126>10 km 12

981 georeferenced · 107 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 088

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 81≤1 km 157≤10 km 138>10 km 45

421 georeferenced · 16 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence437

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the mapnot free-living2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Adelaide, AU	208
Hobart, AU	72
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	69
Canberra, AU	28
Brisbane, AU	4
Mount Annan, AU	3
Armidale, AU	3
QVMAGlocation not on record	3
EL PASO, US	2
Stockholm, SE	1
Kew, GB	1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	1
JBRJlocation not on record	1
LDlocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 397 of 437 vouchered records shown · 40 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Exocarpos syrticola

At a glance

Sources3 archives

Size & morphology12

Life cycle & reproduction7

Habitat & environment7

Physiology & chemistry2

Record type1 527 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 14 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type1 527 records