AusTraits

Calamus sp. [Buckton_2019]

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Family Arecaceae

Taxonomy:

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

Distribution (APC):

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Buckton_2019 (147). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 147 records in 1 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 10231.97 mm2 (8090.33-13724.33 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 919.46 mg (686.36-1342.43 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 89.07 g/m2 (83.07-97.81 g/m2) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.46 g/g (0.43-0.5 g/g) [sources: Buckton_2019]
life history
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 19.93 mg/g (17.53-21.81 mg/g) [sources: Buckton_2019]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.16 {delta}[ppth] (-29.78--25.78 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Buckton_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.47 mg/mm3 (0.33-0.57 mg/mm3) [sources: Buckton_2019]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Buckton_201926147G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.