Amaracarpus nematopodus
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Family Rubiaceae
Taxonomy: Amaracarpus nematopodus (F.Muell.) P.I.Forst.
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Amaracarpus corymbosus Valeton (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaracarpus heteropus Valeton (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaracarpus lanceolatus Valeton (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaracarpus longifolius Valeton (taxonomic synonym)
- Amaracarpus urophyllus Merr. & L.M.Perry (taxonomic synonym)
- Antirhea sp. (Lower Downey BG 5536) (taxonomic synonym)
- Psychotria nematopoda F.Muell. (basionym)
- Uragoga nematopoda (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Apgaua_2017 (11), Cooper_2013 (13), Grubb_1996 (3), Kooyman_2011 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 49 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 77.5 mm (15-140 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (10-65 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (1) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Cooper_2013; Grubb_1996; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Grubb_1996]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 7.3 mg (7.3-7.3 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996]
- seed_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
- wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.6-0.6 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
- stem_vessel_density (numerical): 206.35 {count}/mm2 (206.35-206.35 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
- stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 22.89 um (22.89-22.89 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
- stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.09 mm2/mm2 (0.09-0.09 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 8 m (8-8 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | 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. |
| Apgaua_2017 | 10 | 11 | D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 4 | 6 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Grubb_1996 | 3 | 3 | P. J. Grubb and D. J. Metcalfe. “Adaptation and inertia in the Australian tropical lowland rain-forest flora: Contradictory trends in intergeneric and intrageneric comparisons of seed size in relation to light demand”. Functional Ecology 10 (1996), pp. 512-520. doi: 10.2307/2389944. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |