Actephila venusta
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Family Phyllanthaceae
Taxonomy: Actephila venusta P.I.Forst.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Actephila sp. (Lockerbie WWC 817) (taxonomic synonym)
- Actephila sp. (Possum Scrub P.I.Forster PIF14372) (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (11), Kooyman_2011 (26), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 48 records in 6 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): resprouts (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 92 mm (38-150 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 39.5 mm (18-60 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 8.75 mm (5-14 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 6.67 m (4-12 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kooyman_2011 | 9 | 26 | R. 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. |
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 11 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| RussellSmith_2012 | 4 | 4 | J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |