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Acalypha capillipes

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Acalypha capillipes Müll.Arg.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acalypha eremorum var. capillipeda (Müll.Arg.) Baill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Ricinocarpos capillipes (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Ricinocarpus capillipes Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (13), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), McCarthy_2017 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), RadfordSmith_2024 (34), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (25). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 155 records in 15 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.95 mm (1.8-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 94.84 mm2 (53.39-147.98 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 13.83 mm (4-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.58 mm (2.5-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 3.28 mg (2.12-4.85 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 41.02 g/m2 (31.91-61.7 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.35 g/g (0.33-0.37 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.8 mg (2.8-2.8 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.7 mm (1-2.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.27 mm (1-1.8 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.68 mg/mm3 (0.62-0.77 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.75 m (2-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241434J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221825L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231723Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
McCarthy_2017315J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011913R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
NHNSW_2023911N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.