Alectryon oleifolius subsp. elongatus

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Alectryon oleifolius subsp. elongatus S.T.Reynolds

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Heterodendron floribundum E.Pritz. (taxonomic synonym)
Heterodendron microcalyx Radlk. (nomenclatural synonym)
Heterodendron oleifolium var. microcalyx Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Heterodendrum floribundum E.Pritz. (taxonomic synonym)
Heterodendrum microcalyx Radlk. (taxonomic synonym)
Heterodendrum oleaefolium var. microcalyx Dunlop (taxonomic synonym)
Heterodendrum oleifolium var. microcalyx (Radlk.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (5), ATRP_2020 (1), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Curtis_2012 (14), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 75 records in 15 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 663.27 mm2 (663.27-663.27 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 90.13 mm (60-150 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 8.75 mm (4-10.49 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 157.4 mg (157.4-157.4 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 241.42 g/m2 (241.42-241.42 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.5 g/g (0.5-0.5 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnny (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Curtis_2012	14	14	E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
NHNSW_2023	10	13	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/.
ABRS_2023	5	5	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	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.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. 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/.
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.
SAH_2023	1	1	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.