Argyrodendron peralatum

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Argyrodendron peralatum (F.M.Bailey) Edlin ex I.H.Boas

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Argyrodendron peralata Kosterm. (orthographic variant)
Argyrodendron perasatal I.H.Boas (orthographic variant)
Argyrodendron trifoliolatum var. peralatum (F.M.Bailey) Burtt Davy (nomenclatural synonym)
Heritiera peralata (F.M.Bailey) Kosterm. (nomenclatural synonym)
Tarrietia argyrodendron var. peralata F.M.Bailey (nomenclatural synonym)
Tarrietia peralata (F.M.Bailey) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
Tarrietia trifoliolata var. peralata F.M.Bailey (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Apgaua_2015 (48), Apgaua_2017 (12), Bloomfield_2018 (156), Buckton_2019 (109), Cheesman_2020 (72), Cooper_2013 (11), Falster_2005_1 (9), Gray_2019 (44), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_2008 (3), Ilic_2000 (5), Kanowski_2000 (23), Kooyman_2011 (14), RBGK_2014 (1), Richards_2008 (21), Rumman_2018 (4), Sams_2017 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Weerasinghe_2014 (68), Wells_2012 (97), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wills_2018 (75), Wright_2000 (1), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 107 traits from 827 records in 25 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: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 92.5 mm (70-115 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 36 mm (32-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): samara (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 5519.58 mm2 (1550-13764.81 mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Kanowski_2000; Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 119.92 mm (70-175 mm) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 31.12 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1219 mg (168.17-2568.8 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019; Wells_2012]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 194.86 g/m2 (64.63-719.42 g/m2) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Bloomfield_2018; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Gray_2019; Grubb_2008; Kanowski_2000; Sams_2017; Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012; Wills_2018; Zieminska_2015]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.51 g/g (0.39-0.56 g/g) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Bloomfield_2018; Buckton_2019; Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.1 g/g (1.1-1.1 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (2) [sources: Richards_2008; Rumman_2018]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Richards_2008]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Richards_2008]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (9) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Richards_2008; Rumman_2018; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Richards_2008]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Richards_2008]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.48 mg/g (11.4-32.02 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Gray_2019; Grubb_2008; Kanowski_2000; Richards_2008; Weerasinghe_2014; Wills_2018]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.02 mg/g (0.49-3.09 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Gray_2019; Kanowski_2000; Weerasinghe_2014; Wills_2018]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -32.17 {delta}[ppth] (-35.82--30.24 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Rumman_2018]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 21.85 umol{CO2}/m2/s (13-30.03 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.1 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.05-0.2 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Gray_2019]
leaf_stomatal_conductance_per_area_at_Amax (numerical): 148.43 mmol{H2O}/m2/s (35.4-276.6 mmol{H2O}/m2/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 566.5 mg (433-700 mg) [sources: Falster_2005_1; RBGK_2014]
seed_length (numerical): 13 mm (12-14 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 13 mm (12-14 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.68 mg/mm3 (0.49-0.88 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Falster_2005_1; Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Sams_2017; Wells_2012; Zieminska_2015]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 33.35 {count}/mm2 (3.1-120.31 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 104.78 um (39.32-153.83 um) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.1 mm2/mm2 (0.04-0.18 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 35 m (35-35 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Bloomfield_2018	24	156	K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
Buckton_2019	26	109	G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.
Wells_2012	23	97	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Wills_2018	15	75	J. Wills, J. Herbohn, J. Hu, S. Sohel, J. Baynes, and J. Firn. “Tree leaf trade-offs are stronger for sub-canopy trees: leaf traits reveal little about growth rates in canopy trees”. Ecological Applications 28.4 (2018), pp. 1116-1125. doi: 10.1002/eap.1715.
Cheesman_2020	12	72	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Weerasinghe_2014	12	68	L. K. Weerasinghe, D. Creek, K. Y. Crous, S. Xiang, M. J. Liddell, M. H. Turnbull, and O. K. Atkin. “Canopy position affects the relationships between leaf respiration and associated traits in a tropical rainforest in Far North Queensland”. Tree Physiology 34.6 (2014), pp. 564-584. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpu016.
Apgaua_2015	12	48	D. M. G. Apgaua, F. Y. Ishida, D. Y. P. Tng, M. J. Laidlaw, R. M. Santos, R. Rumman, D. Eamus, J. A. M. Holtum, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Functional traits and water transport strategies in lowland tropical rainforest trees”. PLoS One 10.6 (2015), p. e0130799. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130799.
Gray_2019	12	44	E. F. Gray, I. J. Wright, D. S. Falster, A. S. D. Eller, C. E. R. Lehmann, M. G. Bradford, and L. A. Cernusak. “Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits together explain substantial growth rate variation in rainforest trees”. AoB PLANTS 11.3 (2019), pp. 1-11. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plz024.
Zieminska_2015	12	36	K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
Kanowski_2000	23	23	J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
Richards_2008	11	21	A. Richards and I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Transcription of Australian plant functional trait data from Ian Wright's collection of papers, Macquarie University”. 2009.
Kooyman_2011	10	14	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	9	11	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Falster_2005_1	7	9	D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia”. Journal of Ecology 93 (2005), pp. 521-535. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.x.
Sams_2017	7	7	M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
Ilic_2000	1	5	J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
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.
Rumman_2018	4	4	R. Rumman, O. K. Atkin, K. J. Bloomfield, and D. Eamus. “Variation in bulk-leaf 13C discrimination, leaf traits and wateruse efficiency-trait relationships along a continental-scale climate gradient in Australia”. Global Change Biology 24 (2018), pp. 1186-1200. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13911.
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.
Grubb_2008	3	3	P. J. Grubb, R. V. Jackson, I. M. Barberis, J. N. Bee, D. A. Coomes, N. J. Dominy, M. A. S. D. L. Fuente, P. W. Lucas, D. J. Metcalfe, J. Svenning, I. M. Turner, and O. Vargas. “Monocot leaves are eaten less than dicot leaves in tropical lowland rain forests: Correlations with toughness and leaf presentation”. Annals of Botany 101 (2008), pp. 1379-1389. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcn047.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
RBGK_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. 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.