Petrophile brevifolia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Proteaceae/Petrophile

At a glance

Occurrence records648

Data sources3

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Petrophile brevifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility648 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF648 records

01Narrative

Petrophile brevifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It is a shrub with cylindrical, sharply-pointed leaves, and spherical heads of hairy yellow, cream-coloured or white flowers.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology6

Fruit length3 mm

Leaf length30 mm

Plant height1.5 m

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 1.5 m · TRY: 0.5 m

Plant height max1 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Seed mass6.46 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Flowering timennnnnyyyyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years6 years

Reproductive maturity2 years

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typenut

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeterete

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type648 records

Wild obs. + sensor156

Museum / vouchered489

Cultivated / captive3

Origin

Native34

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 720 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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 99≤1 km 25≤10 km 5>10 km 5

134 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor156

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 accuracy43% within 1 km

≤100 m 98≤1 km 71≤10 km 209>10 km 17

395 georeferenced · 94 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence489

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≤1 km 1

3 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living3

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 institutions8 of 12 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	278
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	80
Canberra, AU	58
Mount Annan, AU	34
Adelaide, AU	17
BGPAlocation not on record	9
Kew, GB	4
EL PASO, US	3
Brisbane, AU	3
MAlocation not on record	1
Hobart, AU	1
LDlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 489 of 489 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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