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Ackama paniculosa

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Family Cunoniaceae

Taxonomy: Ackama paniculosa (F.Muell.) Heslewood

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ackama hirsuta S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ackama mollis Schltr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ackama muelleri Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ackama muelleri var. hirsuta Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ackama muelleri var. tomentosa Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ackama paniculata Engl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ackama sp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Caldcluvia paniculosa (F.Muell.) Hoogland (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Weinmannia paniculata F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Weinmannia paniculosa F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Windmannia paniculosa (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Benwell_2024 (8), Butler_2004 (5), Campbell_2006 (6), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (12), Ilic_2000 (5), Kooyman_2011 (14), McCarthy_2017 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Pickup_2021 (3), RBGK_2014 (1), RadfordSmith_2024 (43), Sams_2017 (8), Smith_1996 (103), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 253 records in 22 datasets.

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

fire response
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (5) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 8510.85 mm2 (892-13303.22 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Smith_1996]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 2021.02 mm2 (1255.37-2654.65 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 103.77 mm (50-152 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 38.33 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 260.14 mg (137.83-765.2 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Smith_1996]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4 cm (3-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 94.03 g/m2 (66.34-112.28 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Smith_1996]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.37 g/g (0.33-0.46 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Smith_1996]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.56 g/g (1.16-1.78 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 19.5 deg (5-35 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (10) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3); hydrochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; NSWFRD_2014; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1); water (1); wind (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; NSWFRD_2014; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnny (2); nnnnnnnnnnyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (2); soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.14 mg (0.14-0.14 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.53 mg/mm3 (0.43-0.56 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 42.5 m (40-45 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Smith_199617103B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html.
RadfordSmith_20241543J. 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.
Kooyman_20111014R. 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_2023913N. 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/.
Cooper_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Benwell_202448A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Sams_201788M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
NSWFRD_201477B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Campbell_200666M. L. Campbell and P. J. Clarke. “Response of montane wet sclerophyll forest understorey species to fire- evidence from high and low intensity fires”. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127 (2006), pp. 63-73. doi: unknown.
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.
Ilic_200015J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Wright_200055I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
McCarthy_201724J. 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.
Clarke_200933P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
Pickup_202133M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.