Austrosteenisia blackii

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Austrosteenisia blackii (F.Muell.) Geesink

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Derris nesiotes (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Kunsterlia blackii K.A.W.Williams (nomenclatural synonym)
Kunstleria blackii (F.Muell.) Polhill (nomenclatural synonym)
Lonchocarpus blackii (F.Muell.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Lonchocarpus nesiotes F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Millettia blackii F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cheesman_2020 (12), Cooper_2013 (12), Gallagher_2012 (5), Jagdish_2020 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Metcalfe_2009 (17), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 78 traits from 133 records in 19 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 63.75 mm (35-100 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 15.5 mm (9-23 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (1); legume_indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2869 mm2 (1490-4248 mm2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 80.5 mm (14-180 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 33 mm (7-60 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (1-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 27.58 g/m2 (19-36.15 g/m2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Gallagher_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (5) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Gallagher_2012; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2016]
dispersers (categorical): passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 41.53 mg/g (41.53-41.53 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -34.07 {delta}[ppth] (-34.07--34.07 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 18.67 mg (17.58-20 mg) [sources: Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.48 mg/mm3 (0.48-0.48 mg/mm3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	13	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	18	20	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Metcalfe_2009	17	17	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
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.
Cheesman_2020	12	12	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.
Cooper_2013	9	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Jagdish_2020	2	7	A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
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.
Gallagher_2012	5	5	R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
Wright_2000	5	5	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.
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.
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/.
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/.
Kew_2019_6	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2016	1	1	National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.