Athrotaxis x laxifolia
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Family Cupressaceae
Taxonomy: Athrotaxis x laxifolia Hook.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Arthrotaxis laxifolia Hook. (orthographic variant)
- Arthrotaxis tetragona Hook. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
- Athrotaxis tetragona Hook. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kirkpatrick_2020 (3), Kooyman_2011 (13), Mokany_2015 (2), RBGK_2014 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 22 records in 6 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) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 2.83 mm2 (2.83-2.83 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
- leaf_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 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): tree (2) [sources: 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]
- seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (1); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
- serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.62 mg (3.62-3.62 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
- seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 15 m (10-20 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Mokany_2015]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Kirkpatrick_2020 | 3 | 3 | J. Kirkpatrick. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits for woody Tasmanian endemic species, University of Tasmania”. 2020. |
| Mokany_2015 | 2 | 2 | K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1. |
| 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. |