Hovea apiculata

A.Cunn. ex G.Don · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Hovea

At a glance

Occurrence records499

Data sources4

Biological traits36

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Hovea apiculata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility499 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources36 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF499 records

01Narrative

Hovea apiculata, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with white to greyish or light brown hairs, narrowly oblong leaves with stipules at the base, and purplish and deep mauve, pea-like flowers.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology13

Fruit length12.5 mm

Leaf length65 mm

Leaf length max90 mm

Leaf length min30 mm

Leaf width11 mm

Petiole length0.65 cm

Plant height3 m

Plant height max3 m

Seed length5.5 mm

Seed mass48.87 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 48.87 mg · AusTraits: 44.48 mg · GIFT: 48.87 mg

Seed mass max48.87 mg

Seed mass min48.87 mg

Seed width3.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction10

Dehiscencedehiscent

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering endSep

Flowering startJul

Flowering timennnnnnyyynnn

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Reproductive maturity4 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typelegume

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical lanceolate narrowly_oblong

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type499 records

Wild obs. + sensor118

Museum / vouchered378

Cultivated / captive2

Other1

Origin

Native126

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 212 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 111≤1 km 5

116 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor118

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 accuracy33% within 1 km

≤100 m 43≤1 km 56≤10 km 178>10 km 20

297 georeferenced · 81 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence378

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 2

2 georeferenced

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 institutions6 of 10 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	127
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	77
Canberra, AU	72
Armidale, AU	55
Brisbane, AU	30
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	6
Adelaide, AU	6
Hobart, AU	3
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	1
NSW Office of Environment and Heritagelocation not on record	1

10 institutions · 378 of 378 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

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