Breynia macrantha
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Family Phyllanthaceae
Taxonomy: Breynia macrantha (Hassk.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Glochidion umbratile Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
- Sauropus macranthus Hassk. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (13), Grubb_1996 (3), Grubb_2008 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 41 records in 8 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): dioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 12 mm (10-14 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 85 mm (40-130 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-50 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 37.04 g/m2 (37.04-37.04 g/m2) [sources: Grubb_2008]
- leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.9 g/g (2.9-2.9 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Grubb_1996; 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]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Grubb_1996]
- flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 29 mg/g (29-29 mg/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 13.5 mg (9-18 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996; Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| 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_1996 | 3 | 3 | P. J. Grubb and D. J. Metcalfe. “Adaptation and inertia in the Australian tropical lowland rain-forest flora: Contradictory trends in intergeneric and intrageneric comparisons of seed size in relation to light demand”. Functional Ecology 10 (1996), pp. 512-520. doi: 10.2307/2389944. |
| 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. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. 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. |