Brombya platynema

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Brombya platynema F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Melicope platynema (F.Muell.) Engl. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), Apgaua_2017 (12), Cheesman_2020 (49), Cooper_2013 (14), Falster_2005_1 (8), Gray_2019 (44), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Rosell_2014 (8), Sams_2017 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (137), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), Zieminska_2015 (36), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (26). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 102 traits from 387 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.

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 0.35 cm (0.3-0.4 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4); follicle (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 7285 mm2 (1637.66-11975.2 mm2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 150 mm (50-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 60.5 mm (22-95 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 341.26 mg (54.47-431.76 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.75 cm (1.5-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 72.08 g/m2 (31.35-110.84 g/m2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Gray_2019; Sams_2017; Wells_2012; Zieminska_2015]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.21 g/g (0.15-0.24 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Apgaua_2017; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
dispersers (categorical): birds (2); flying_vertebrates (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 20.05 mg/g (16.72-21.91 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Gray_2019]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.89 mg/g (0.89-0.89 mg/g) [sources: Gray_2019]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -33.31 {delta}[ppth] (-36.63--31.4 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Cheesman_2020]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.11 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.09-0.14 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Gray_2019]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 2.58 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.38-0.79 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Falster_2005_1; Ilic_2000; Rosell_2014; Sams_2017; Wells_2012; Zieminska_2015]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 81.59 {count}/mm2 (43.98-133.49 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 38.47 um (28.64-46.1 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.08 mm2/mm2 (0.07-0.11 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	22	137	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Cheesman_2020	12	49	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.
Gray_2019	12	44	E. F. Gray, I. J. Wright, D. S. Falster, A. S. D. Eller, C. E. R. Lehmann, M. G. Bradford, and L. A. Cernusak. “Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits together explain substantial growth rate variation in rainforest trees”. AoB PLANTS 11.3 (2019), pp. 1-11. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plz024.
Zieminska_2015	12	36	K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	21	26	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	13	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Falster_2005_1	6	8	D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia”. Journal of Ecology 93 (2005), pp. 521-535. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.x.
Rosell_2014	8	8	J. A. Rosell, S. Gleason, R. Mendez-Alonzo, Y. Chang, and M. Westoby. “Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity”. New Phytologist 201.2 (2014), pp. 486-497. doi: 10.1111/nph.12541.
Sams_2017	6	6	M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Ilic_2000	1	1	J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	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.