Backhousia sciadophora

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Backhousia sciadophora F.Muell.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (14), Kooyman_2011 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 59 records in 9 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

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); samara (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 67.5 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 32.5 mm (20-45 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.55 cm (0.3-0.8 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (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): tree (5) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; 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): anemochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyynnnnn (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.69 mg/mm3 (0.69-0.69 mg/mm3) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 30 m (30-30 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
NHNSW_2023	10	13	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/.
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.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.