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Celtis philippensis

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Family Cannabaceae

Taxonomy: Celtis philippensis Blanco

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Celtis brevinervis (Blume) Planch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Celtis philippensis Blanco var. philippensis (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Celtis philippinensis Benth. (orthographic variant)
  • Solenostigma brevinerve Blume (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), ATRP_2020 (1), Brock_1993 (11), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (2), Cooper_2013 (11), Crowley_2007 (2), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2014 (5), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (21), Nano_2011 (3), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (2), Zanne_2009 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (27). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 64 traits from 148 records in 25 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): resprouts (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 0.15 cm (0.1-0.2 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; NTH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10.88 mm (7-15 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (6-11 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 9.5 mm (8-11 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (2); pink (1); red (2); yellow (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 102.62 mm (13-210 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 39.75 mm (9-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.64 cm (0.05-1.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); orbicular (1); ovate (3); widely_elliptical (1); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1); oblique (1); obtuse (1); rounded (1); truncate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3); semi_deciduous (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (1); ynnnnnnnnyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NTH_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.09 {delta}[ppth] (-29.09--29.09 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.66 mg/mm3 (0.61-0.72 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Zanne_2009]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 13.75 m (10-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20222227L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NTH_20231521D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231216Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011912R. 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.
Brock_1993911J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
Cooper_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Chen_201755Chen, 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.
NTH_201455Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
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.
Gross_200544C. 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.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
Nano_201123C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
ABRS_198122B. 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/.
Clarke_201522P. 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.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Schmidt_200322S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wright_200022I. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Zanne_200911A. E. Zanne, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, D. A. Coomes, J. Ilic, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, R. B. Miller, N. G. Swenson, M. C. Wiemann, and J. Chave. “Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum”. Dryad Digital Repository (2009). doi: 10.5061/dryad.234.