AusTraits

Celastrus subspicatus

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Family Celastraceae

Taxonomy: Celastrus subspicatus Hook.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Celastrus subspicata Jessup (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (8), ATRP_2020 (1), BRAIN_2007 (1), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (8), Clarke_2009 (2), Clarke_2015 (6), Cooper_2013 (13), Gallagher_2012 (4), Kooyman_2011 (7), McCarthy_2017 (1), Metcalfe_2009 (17), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (18), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Ooi_2007 (101), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (55), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 66 traits from 269 records in 22 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); resprouts (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.33 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4); fleshy (1) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3917.93 mm2 (1269.14-5880 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 97.5 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 56.27 mg (32.92-71.97 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.8 cm (0.3-1.3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 41.02 g/m2 (25.93-53.56 g/m2) [sources: Gallagher_2012; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.25 g/g (0.24-0.26 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (5); shrub (4); tree (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: BRAIN_2007; Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (2); nnnnnnyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1); soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2009]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 20.18 mg (4.8-30 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Ooi_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.95 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_1981; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.49 mg/mm3 (0.44-0.51 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017; Wells_2012]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Ooi_20072101M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
Wells_20122255J. 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.
NHNSW_20231318N. 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/.
Metcalfe_20091717E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_198158B. 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/.
Chen_201788Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Kooyman_201167R. 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.
Clarke_201536P. 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.
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.
NHNSW_202255N. 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/.
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.
Gallagher_201244R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
NSWFRD_201444B. 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.
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_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.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
BRAIN_200711Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network. Trait measurements for Australian rainforest species. 2016. url: http://www.brisrain.org.au/.
McCarthy_201711J. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.