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Akania bidwillii

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Family Akaniaceae

Taxonomy: Akania bidwillii (Hend. ex R.Hogg) Mabb.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Akania hillii Benth. & Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Akania lucens (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cupania lucens F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lomatia bidwillii Hend. ex R.Hogg (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), Butler_2004 (4), Chen_2017 (6), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (10), Ilic_2000 (3), Kooyman_2011 (11), NHNSW_2014_2 (7), NHNSW_2024 (17), RadfordSmith_2024 (42), Sams_2017 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (25). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 70 traits from 169 records in 18 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (2); white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 21.5 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (2); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 52224.12 mm2 (34590.3-72683.69 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 3481.61 mm2 (2306.02-4845.58 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 420.67 mm (100-750 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 33.33 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 449.45 mg (281.55-656.79 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 119.82 g/m2 (99.05-150.31 g/m2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.38 g/g (0.37-0.39 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); obtuse (2); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): animals (1); passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • seed_width (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.55 mg/mm3 (0.49-0.57 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 15.4 m (2-25 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241542J. 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_20222125L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231420Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20241217N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kooyman_2011911R. 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_2013910W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2014_267Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Chen_201766Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
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.
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.
Butler_200444D. 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.
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.
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.
Ilic_200013J. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.