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Cephalaralia cephalobotrys

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Family Araliaceae

Taxonomy: Cephalaralia cephalobotrys (F.Muell.) Harms

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aralia cephalobotrys (F.Muell.) Harms (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Panax cephalobotrys F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2009 (2), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (13), Fonseca_2000 (4), Gallagher_2012 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (12), McCarthy_2017 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2024 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Smith_1996 (65), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (12). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 68 traits from 165 records in 20 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.2-0.2 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (1); drupe (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 655.7 mm2 (419-1132 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 80.08 mm (26-150 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 34.34 mm (15-70 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 36.81 mg (12-61.62 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4.72 cm (0.4-12 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 48.58 g/m2 (25.77-71.38 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.35 g/g (0.35-0.35 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.86 g/g (1.86-1.86 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 36 deg (20-55 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; NHNSW_2016]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1); stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.78 mg (3.56-4 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.32 mg/mm3 (0.29-0.34 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5 m (5-5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Smith_19961765B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html.
NHNSW_2024914N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011812R. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221012L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Wright_200055I. 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.
Fonseca_200044C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.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_201533P. 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.
Gallagher_201233R. 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.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
McCarthy_201712J. 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_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.
NHNSW_201611National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.