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Breynia oblongifolia

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Family Phyllanthaceae

Taxonomy: Breynia oblongifolia (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Breynia cinerascens Baill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Breynia oblongifolia (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. var. oblongifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Breynia oblongifolia var. suborbicularis Airy Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melanthesa rhamnoides var. oblongifolia Müll.Arg. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), Benwell_2024 (4), Bloomfield_2018 (250), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2009 (2), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Falster_2003 (3), Fonseca_2000 (13), Gosper_2004 (1), Hughes_1992 (4), Jagdish_2020 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Kubiak_2009 (7), Laxton_2005 (11), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), McCarthy_2017 (13), Morgan_2005 (5), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (14), Niinemets_2009 (13), Pickup_2021 (25), RadfordSmith_2024 (39), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2012 (3), Wright_2009 (17), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 131 traits from 559 records in 38 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 (2); partial_resprouting (5); resprouts (6) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020; Williams_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (5); post_fire_recruitment_absent (4) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Williams_2012]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.2-0.2 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); orange (1); pink (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 529.51 mm2 (120-1635.82 mm2) [sources: Falster_2003; Fonseca_2000; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; McCarthy_2017; Morgan_2005; Niinemets_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 24 mm (8-48 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15.38 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 30.69 mg (18-65.72 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.1-0.3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 79.12 g/m2 (56.12-115.47 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Fonseca_2000; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; McCarthy_2017; Morgan_2005; Niinemets_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.35-0.46 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (1); orbicular (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2); simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Falster_2003; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 33.7 deg (33.7-33.7 deg) [sources: Falster_2003]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (17); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Stewart_1995; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3); myrmecochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; RadfordSmith_2024; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); birds (3); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1); soil_seedbank (6) [sources: Benwell_2024; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (7) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (3) [sources: Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Williams_2012]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.06 mg/g (13-27.8 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Laxton_2005; Niinemets_2009]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.5 mg/g (0.29-0.87 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Niinemets_2009]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.12 {delta}[ppth] (-32.2--28.05 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Niinemets_2009; Stewart_1995]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.3 mg (3.92-7.83 mg) [sources: Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.9 mm (3-4.6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.62 mg/mm3 (0.52-0.74 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017; Morgan_2005; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Bloomfield_201824250K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
RadfordSmith_20241439J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
Pickup_2021525M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Wright_20091317I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Leaf pigment and reflectance data for sclerophylls, Macquarie University”. 2009.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221617L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_20231215N. 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_20231114Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_20141214B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Fonseca_2000513C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Kooyman_2011913R. 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.
McCarthy_2017313J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Niinemets_20091313Ü. Niinemets, I. J. Wright, and J. R. Evans. “Leaf mesophyll diffusion conductance in 35 Australian sclerophylls covering a broad range of foliage structural and physiological variation”. Journal of Experimental Botany 60 (2009), pp. 2433-2449. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erp045.
Cooper_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Laxton_20051111E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
Kubiak_200947P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Leishman_199566M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Stewart_199566G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Butler_200455D. 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.
Morgan_200555H. Morgan. “Root system architecture, water use and rainfall responses of perennial species”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005.
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.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Jagdish_202024A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
Falster_200333D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Leaf size and angle vary widely across species: what consequences for light interception?”. New Phytologist 158.3 (2003), pp. 509-525. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00765.x.
Williams_201233P. R. Williams, M. Parsons, R. Jensen, and C. Tran. “Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests”. Austral Ecology 37.2 (2012), pp. 268-275. ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02271.x.
Clarke_200922P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Gosper_200411C. R. Gosper. “Fruit characteristics of invasive bitou bush, Chrysanthemoides monilifera (Asteraceae), and a comparison with co-occurring native plant species”. Australian Journal of Botany 52.2 (2004), pp. 223-230. doi: 10.1071/bt03046.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.