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Callitris macleayana

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Family Cupressaceae

Taxonomy: Callitris macleayana (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Callitris macleyana Domin (orthographic variant)
  • Callitris parlatorei F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Frenela macleayana (F.Muell.) Parl. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Frenela macleyana Parl. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Frenela parlatorei (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Parl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Frenela parlatorei F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Laechhardtia macleayana Gordon (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leichhardtia macleayana (F.Muell.) Gordon (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Leichhardtia macleayana T.W.Sheph. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leichhardtia macleyana Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Octoclinis macleayana F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Octoclinis macleyana Domin (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (4), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (9), Benwell_2024 (4), Cooper_2013 (13), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Lawes_2014 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 73 records in 16 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 25 mm (25-25 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 24.17 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 2 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_type (categorical): scale (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Kew_2019_5]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyynnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.14 mg (3.51-4.77 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 9.17 mm (5-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (3-3.5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.48 mg/mm3 (0.47-0.5 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 36.67 m (30-40 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_20111013R. 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.
ABRS_202379Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202368N. 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_198134B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
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.
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/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201433B. 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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Ilic_200011J. 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.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Lawes_201411M. J. Lawes, S. J. Richardson, P. J. Clarke, J. J. Midgley, M. S. McGlone, and P. J. Bellingham. “Bark thickness does not explain the different susceptibility of Australian and New Zealand temperate rain forests to anthropogenic fire”. Journal of Biogeography 41.8 (2014), pp. 1467-1477. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12292.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.