Hakea amplexicaulis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Proteaceae/Hakea

At a glance

Occurrence records751

Data sources8

Biological traits36

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Hakea amplexicaulis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility751 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources36 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS19 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF751 records

01Narrative

fruit stem-clasping leaf base Hakea amplexicaulis, commonly known as prickly hakea, is a shrub endemic to south west Western Australia. An attractive small shrub with unusual stem clasping, sharply serrated foliage and a profusion of sweetly scented variable coloured flowers from late winter to spring.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology14

Fruit length32.6 mm

Fruit width14.3 mm

Leaf length130 mm

Leaf mass per area227 g/m2

Leaf size2 744 mm²

Leaf width47.5 mm

Plant height3 m

Plant height max3 m

Plant height min1 m

Seed length28 mm

Seed mass40.6 mg

Seed mass max40.6 mg

Seed mass min40.6 mg

Seed width10 mm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timennnnnnnyyynn

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typefollicle

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_ovate ovate

Mycorrhiza typenon-ectomycorrhizal

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry5

Leaf n3.59 mg/g

Leaf p0.13 mg/g

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)4.44 mm²/mg

03Chemical composition19 compounds

Compounds documented for Hakea amplexicaulis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Gallotannins6

Catechols with side chains4

Lupane triterpenoids3

Friedelane triterpenoids2

Oleanane triterpenoids1

Documented compounds19 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(1R,2R,20R,42R,46R)-7,8,9,12,13,14,25,26,27,30,31,32,35,36,37,46-hexadecahydroxy-3,18,21,41,43-pentaoxanonacyclo[27.13.3.138,42.02,20.05,10.011,16.023,28.033,45.034,39]hexatetraconta-5,7,9,11,13,15,23,25,27,29(45),30,32,34(39),35,37-pentadecaene-4,17,22,40,44-pentone	present	NPASS
(1R,2R,20R,42R,46R)-7,8,9,12,13,14,25,26,27,30,31,32,35,36,37-pentadecahydroxy-46-[(2R,3R,4R,5S)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxyoxan-2-yl]-3,18,21,41,43-pentaoxanonacyclo[27.13.3.138,42.02,20.05,10.011,16.023,28.033,45.034,39]hexatetraconta-5,7,9,11,13,15,23,25,27,29(45),30,32,34(39),35,37-pentadecaene-4,17,22,40,44-pentone	present	NPASS
(1S,3aS,5aS,5bR,7aR,9R,10R,11aR,11bR,13bR)-9,10-dihydroxy-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13b-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-3a-carboxylic acid	present	NPASS
(1S,3aS,5aS,5bR,7aR,9S,11aR,11bR,13bR)-9-hydroxy-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-propan-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13b-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-3a-carboxylic acid	present	NPASS
1-Epi-castalagin	present	NPASS
5-(Z-heptadec-8-enyl) resorcinol	present	LOTUS
5-Heptadeca-8,11-dienylbenzene-1,3-diol	present	LOTUS
[(10R,11S)-10-[(14R,15R,19R)-2,3,4,7,8,9-hexahydroxy-12,17-dioxo-19-[(2R,3R,4R,5S)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxyoxan-2-yl]-13,16-dioxatetracyclo[13.3.1.05,18.06,11]nonadeca-1,3,5(18),6,8,10-hexaen-14-yl]-3,4,5,17,18,19-hexahydroxy-8,14-dioxo-9,13-dioxatricyclo[13.4.0.02,7]nonadeca-1(19),2,4,6,15,17-hexaen-11-yl] 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate	present	NPASS
[(1R,2R,20R,42R,46R)-7,8,9,12,13,14,25,26,27,30,31,32,35,36,37-pentadecahydroxy-4,17,22,40,44-pentaoxo-3,18,21,41,43-pentaoxanonacyclo[27.13.3.138,42.02,20.05,10.011,16.023,28.033,45.034,39]hexatetraconta-5,7,9,11,13,15,23,25,27,29(45),30,32,34(39),35,37-pentadecaen-46-yl] 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate	present	NPASS
Adipostatin A	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type751 records

Wild obs. + sensor512

Museum / vouchered235

Cultivated / captive4

Origin

Native18

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 716 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 accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 333≤1 km 60≤10 km 29>10 km 16

438 georeferenced · 74 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor512

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 75≤1 km 25≤10 km 82>10 km 20

202 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence235

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 2

3 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living4

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 institutions11 of 16 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kensington, AU	127
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	28
Canberra, AU	25
Mount Annan, AU	18
Adelaide, AU	18
Brisbane, AU	4
Claremont, US	3
BGPAlocation not on record	2
LDlocation not on record	2
Stockholm, SE	1
Parkville, AU	1
Riverside, US	1
Cape Town, ZA	1
Kew, GB	1
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	1
Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record	1

16 institutions · 234 of 235 vouchered records shown · 1 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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