AusTraits

Acronychia oblongifolia

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Acronychia oblongifolia (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Endl. ex Heynh.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acronychia laevis var. dictyophleba Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acronychia laevis var. leucocarpa F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acronychia laurina F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cyminosma oblongifolia A.Cunn. ex Hook. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eriostemon oblongifolius (A.Cunn. & Hook.) G.Don (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Jambolifera oblongifolia (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Steud. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acronychia laevis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), ANBG_2019 (3), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2009 (2), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (15), Jagdish_2020 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (14), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (8), McCarthy_2017 (15), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Pickup_2021 (10), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (23), RadfordSmith_2024 (30), Sams_2017 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 64 traits from 224 records in 27 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): partial_resprouting (3); resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (8-13 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): white (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 886.55 mm2 (40-1697.51 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 80.42 mm (25-120 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 30.08 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 143.51 mg (106.9-174.58 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.85 cm (0.5-3.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 85.45 g/m2 (55.28-131.22 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.36 g/g (0.33-0.38 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); narrowly_obovate (1); oblong (2); obovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4); simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8); tree (14) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (4) [sources: Butler_2004; Leishman_1995; RadfordSmith_2024; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Sams_2017; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyynnnnnnn (1); nyyynnnnnnnn (1); nyyyynnnnnnn (1); yyyyynnnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); transient (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.13 mg (2.17-8.24 mg) [sources: Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.66 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.11 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.51 mg/mm3 (0.46-0.54 mg/mm3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241330J. 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.
RBGV_20231323VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231420N. 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/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
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.
Pickup_2021510M. 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.
Leishman_199588M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
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.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
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.
Sams_201755M. 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.
Jagdish_202024A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ANBG_201933Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Clarke_200922P. 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.
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/.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.