Cleistanthus myrianthus

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Family Phyllanthaceae

Taxonomy: Cleistanthus myrianthus (Hassk.) Kurz

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Nanopetalum myrianthum Hassk. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Apgaua_2017 (12), Buckton_2019 (133), Cheesman_2020 (93), Cooper_2013 (11), Falster_2005_1 (9), Gray_2019 (44), Gross_2005 (4), Kooyman_2011 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 67 traits from 363 records in 13 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): monoecious (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 11.5 mm (9-14 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 6021.51 mm2 (3310-12623.8 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1]
leaf_length (numerical): 147.5 mm (50-245 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 54 mm (18-90 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 579.65 mg (421.88-667.8 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 80.13 g/m2 (44.88-96.02 g/m2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Gray_2019; Zieminska_2015]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.46 g/g (0.43-0.48 g/g) [sources: Buckton_2019]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 21.87 mg/g (17.31-26.51 mg/g) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Gray_2019]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.25 mg/g (1.25-1.25 mg/g) [sources: Gray_2019]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.29 {delta}[ppth] (-35.43--28.28 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.1 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.07-0.15 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Gray_2019]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.61 mg/mm3 (0.45-0.83 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Falster_2005_1; Zieminska_2015]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 104.89 {count}/mm2 (50.74-191.21 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 37.26 um (31.06-40.23 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.11 mm2/mm2 (0.06-0.19 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 12 m (12-12 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Buckton_2019	26	133	G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.
Cheesman_2020	12	93	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Gray_2019	12	44	E. F. Gray, I. J. Wright, D. S. Falster, A. S. D. Eller, C. E. R. Lehmann, M. G. Bradford, and L. A. Cernusak. “Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits together explain substantial growth rate variation in rainforest trees”. AoB PLANTS 11.3 (2019), pp. 1-11. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plz024.
Zieminska_2015	12	36	K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	R. 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.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Cooper_2013	9	11	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Falster_2005_1	6	9	D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia”. Journal of Ecology 93 (2005), pp. 521-535. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.x.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. 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.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. 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.