Archirhodomyrtus beckleri

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Archirhodomyrtus beckleri (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Myrtus beckleri F.Muell. (basionym)
Myrtus cymiflora F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Pilidiostigma cuneatum Burret (taxonomic synonym)
Pilidiostigma parviflorum Burret (taxonomic synonym)
Rhodomyrtus beckleri (F.Muell.) L.S.Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
Rhodomyrtus cymiflora (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2017 (12), Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Campbell_2006 (6), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (12), Fonseca_2000 (9), Gross_2005 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tng_2013 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Williams_2012 (3), Wright_2000 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (15). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 69 traits from 139 records in 24 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (5) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Williams_2012]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 60 mo (60-60 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 7.25 mm (5-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 7.25 mm (5-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1023.2 mm2 (647.6-1558 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Tng_2013]
leaf_length (numerical): 63.75 mm (30-110 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 22 mm (10-33 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 60 mg (54-66 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.4 cm (0.2-0.6 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 92.76 g/m2 (75.76-118.5 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Tng_2013]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (10) [sources: ATRP_2020; Apgaua_2017; Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Campbell_2006]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): none (1); soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (3); basal_stem_buds (4) [sources: Baker_2019; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Williams_2012]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.92 {delta}[ppth] (-33.69--30.14 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Tng_2013]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.5 mg (1.5-1.5 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.5-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 0.88 mm (0.5-1 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.53-0.68 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Tng_2013]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 19.8 {count}/mm2 (19.8-19.8 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 71.95 um (71.95-71.95 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.08 mm2/mm2 (0.08-0.08 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 8.67 m (6-10 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	14	20	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/.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	14	15	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
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	11	12	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.
Cooper_2013	10	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Fonseca_2000	5	9	C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Campbell_2006	6	6	M. L. Campbell and P. J. Clarke. “Response of montane wet sclerophyll forest understorey species to fire- evidence from high and low intensity fires”. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127 (2006), pp. 63-73. doi: unknown.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	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.
Tng_2013	6	6	D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
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.
Benwell_2024	4	4	A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
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.
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.
Clarke_2009	2	3	P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
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_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
Williams_2012	3	3	P. R. Williams, M. Parsons, R. Jensen, and C. Tran. “Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests”. Austral Ecology 37.2 (2012), pp. 268-275. ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02271.x.
Baker_2019	2	2	A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
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.
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.
Wright_2000	1	1	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.