Alchornea ilicifolia

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Alchornea ilicifolia (J.Sm.) Müll.Arg.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Alchornea aquifolium Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Caelebogyne ilicifolia J.Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
Cladodes ilicifolia (J.Sm.) Baill. (nomenclatural synonym)
Coelebogyne ilicifolia Macarthur & C.Moore (nomenclatural synonym)
Sapium aquifolium J.Sm. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (24), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (1), Cooper_2013 (14), Gross_2005 (4), Jagdish_2020 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), McCarthy_2017 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (7), RadfordSmith_2024 (36), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wenk_2023_2 (1), Wright_2000 (9), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (25). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 69 traits from 191 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): resprouts (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: Gross_2005; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 8 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1629.2 mm2 (1128.84-2410.53 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_length (numerical): 60.67 mm (12-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (10-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 146.25 mg (120.48-164.28 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.38 cm (0.1-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 99.05 g/m2 (76.84-134.89 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.45 g/g (0.43-0.47 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (2); rhomboidal (2); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1); barochory (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; NSWFRD_2014; RadfordSmith_2024]
dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyynnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 15.37 mg (11.25-19.5 mg) [sources: Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 4.08 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 4.75 mm (3.5-7 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.58 mg/mm3 (0.56-0.6 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 6.25 m (5-7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RadfordSmith_2024	13	36	J. 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_2022	16	25	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	16	24	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
McCarthy_2017	3	15	J. 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.
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	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.
NHNSW_2023	9	12	N. 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/.
Wright_2000	9	9	I. 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.
Jagdish_2020	2	7	A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
NSWFRD_2014	6	7	B. 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.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. 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.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. 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.
Clarke_2015	1	1	P. 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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wenk_2023_2	1	1	E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.