| Location | No. of seeds
(weight grams) | Number
of plants | Date
collected | Collection number
Collection location | Date
stored | % Viability | Storage
temperature | | BGA | 650 (1.83 g) | 10 | 21-Nov-2007 | TST240
Eyre Peninsula | 19-Sep-2008 | 100% | -18°C |
BGA
MSB | 1,900 (7.24 g)
1,900 (7.24 g) | 20 | 15-Nov-2012 | DJD2592
Eyre Peninsula | 27-Feb-2014 | 100% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
| Date | Result | T0 | T50 | Pre-treatment | Germination medium | Incubator: Photoperiod / Thermoperiod |
| Jun-13 | 24% | 56 | NA |
1% agar with 250 mg/L gibberellic acid (pH 6.5);
Incubated under winter conditions |
| Jun-13 | 0% | NA | NA |
1% agar with 100 mg/L potassium nitrate;
Incubated under spring/autumn conditions |
| Jun-13 | 0% | NA | NA |
1% agar with 100 mg/L potassium nitrate;
Incubated under winter conditions |
| Jun-13 | 0% | NA | NA |
1% agar with 250 mg/L gibberellic acid (pH 6.5);
Incubated under spring/autumn conditions |
| Jun-13 | 0% | NA | NA |
1% agar;
Incubated under spring/autumn conditions |
| Jun-13 | 0% | NA | NA |
1% agar;
Incubated under winter conditions |
Result: Maximum percentage of germination observed.
T0: Number of days before first germinant observed.
T50: Number of days to achieve 50% germination.
Pre-treatment: The initial treatment that the seeds received prior to placement on germination media.
Germination medium: The substrate that seeds were placed on for the duration of the germination experiment.
Incubator conditions:
Photoperiod: The duration of light exposure that the seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Thermoperiod: The constant or diurnal temperatures that seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Winter conditions: 15°C 20 h (3am→11pm); 5°C 4 h (11pm→3am) / 10 h light (8am→6pm); 14 h dark (6pm→8am)
Spring/Autumn conditions: 22°C 12 h (8am→8pm); 10°C 12 h (8pm→8am) / 12 h light (8am→8pm); 12 h dark (8pm→8am)
Summer conditions: 30°C 14 h (6am→8pm); 15°C 10 h (8pm→6am) / 14 h light (6am→8pm); 10 h dark (8pm→6am)
