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Afrocarpus falcata

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Family Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy: Afrocarpus falcata (Thunb.) C.N.Page

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Decussocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) de Laub. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Nageia falacata C.N.Page (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Nageia falcata (Thunb.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Podocarpus falcata Mirb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Podocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) R.Br. ex Mirb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Taxus falcata Thunb. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 21 records in 5 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: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 30 mm (15-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 17 mm (12-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 14.5 mm (11-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 30 m (30-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023813Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.