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Alectryon forsythii

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Alectryon forsythii (Maiden & Betche) Radlk.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Nephelium forsythii Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (20), Chen_2017 (7), Cooper_2013 (12), Kooyman_2011 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 88 records in 12 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): monoecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10.75 mm (6-18 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12.38 mm (7-20 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 12 mm (7-17 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 60.83 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 30.83 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.3 cm (1-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); ovate (1); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; 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]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8 m (8-8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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_20231320N. 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/.
Cooper_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011812R. 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.
Chen_201777Chen, 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.
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.
NHNSW_202244N. 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_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.
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/.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.