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Citrus australis

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Citrus australis (A.Cunn. ex Mudie) Planch.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Citrus planchoni F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Citrus planchonii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Limonia ? australis A.Cunn. ex Mudie (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Limonia australis A.Cunn. ex G.Don (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Limonia australis A.Cunn. ex Mudie (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Microcitrus australis (A.Cunn. ex Mudie) Swingle (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (5), McCarthy_2017 (12), RadfordSmith_2024 (37), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 92 records in 10 datasets.

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

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (25-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (25-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 30 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 250.32 mm2 (33.48-643.38 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 35 mm (30-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 65.76 mg (35.55-109.28 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.25 cm (0.2-0.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 116.82 g/m2 (81.44-171.63 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.42 g/g (0.4-0.44 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obcordate (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 8.54 mg (8.54-8.54 mg) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
  • seed_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.72 mg/mm3 (0.69-0.73 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 18 m (18-18 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241537J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
ABRS_20231420Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
McCarthy_2017412J. 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.
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.
Cooper_201335W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wright_200033I. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.