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Atalaya hemiglauca

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Atalaya hemiglauca (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Thouinia hemiglauca F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), ANBG_2019 (1), ATRP_2020 (1), Brock_1993 (10), Canham_2023 (106), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (6), Crowley_2007 (2), Curtis_2012 (14), Dong_2017 (36), Draper_2023 (4), Jurado_1991 (5), Jurado_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (5), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), Kooyman_2011 (11), Leishman_1992 (7), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (10), Nano_2011 (4), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2014 (3), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (11), Schulze_1998 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (11), Tomlinson_2013 (14), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Wright_2000 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 84 traits from 369 records in 42 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 (7) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (4); polygamous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Draper_2023; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 24.5 mm (3-40 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): samara (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1277.53 mm2 (758.13-2010 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Jurado_1991; Leishman_1992; Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 114.08 mm (50-200 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2014; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 11.26 mm (3-20 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 172.68 mg (172.68-172.68 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.4 cm (0.8-4.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 167.38 g/m2 (91.83-228.56 g/m2) [sources: Canham_2023; Curtis_2012; Dong_2017; Schulze_1998; Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 6.08 mm2/mg (6.08-6.08 mm2/mg) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.54 g/g (0.54-0.54 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.49 g/g (0.42-0.52 g/g) [sources: Canham_2023; Curtis_2012; Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (2); linear (3); narrowly_elliptical (2); narrowly_oblong (1); narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (5); simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (16) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Brock_1993; Curtis_2012; Jurado_1991; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Schulze_1998; Stewart_1995; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; Curtis_2012; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (5) [sources: Canham_2023; Kooyman_2011; Schulze_1998; Stewart_1995; Tomlinson_2013]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Dong_2017; Schulze_1998; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_5; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyynnn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Brock_1993; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3); bud-bearing_root (2); epicormic_buds (1); rhizome (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.74 mg/g (6.23-26.62 mg/g) [sources: Canham_2023; Dong_2017; Schulze_1998; Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 3.91 mg/g (3.91-3.91 mg/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.63 {delta}[ppth] (-33.12--24.6 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Canham_2023; Dong_2017; Schulze_1998; Stewart_1995]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 46.15 mg (15.48-142.9 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Canham_202312106C. A. Canham, C. Woods, S. A. Setterfield, E. J. Veneklaas, F. L. Freestone, L. S. Beesley, and M. M. Douglas. “Functional traits of riparian trees in the lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia”. Ecohydrology 16.1 (2023). doi: 10.1002/eco.2488.
Dong_2017836N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231016N. 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_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Curtis_20121414E. 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.
Tomlinson_20131414K. W. Tomlinson, L. Poorter, F. J. Sterck, F. Borghetti, D. Ward, S. de Bie, and F. van Langevelde. “Leaf adaptations of evergreen and deciduous trees of semi-arid and humid savannas on three continents”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2013), pp. 430-440. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12056.
Kooyman_2011811R. 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.
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Schulze_199888E. -. Schulze, R. J. Williams, G. D. Farquhar, W. Schulze, J. Langridge, J. M. Miller, and B. H. Walker. “Carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination and nitrogen nutrition of trees along a rainfall gradient in northern Australia”. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 25.4 (1998), pp. 413-425. doi: 10.1071/PP97113.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
Clarke_201536P. 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.
Chen_201755Chen, 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.
Jurado_199155E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
Kew_2019_115Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
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Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
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