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Clerodendrum tomentosum

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Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Clerodendrum tomentosum (Vent.) R.Br.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Clerodendron tomentosum Macarthur & C.Moore (orthographic variant)
  • Clerodendrum sp. (=RFK/2856) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Volkameria tomentosa Vent. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (15), Gross_2005 (4), Hughes_1992 (4), Kooyman_2011 (13), Kubiak_2009 (4), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Nano_2011 (1), RadfordSmith_2024 (40), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (1), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 144 records in 23 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): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Leishman_1995; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1823.41 mm2 (1509.5-2589 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 96.5 mm (26-180 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 36.25 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 209.62 mg (177.32-232.8 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (1-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 101.78 g/m2 (88.22-138.43 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.28 g/g (0.25-0.3 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (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 (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (8) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (4); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1); yynnnnnnnyyy (2); yyyyyynnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_1998]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 68.07 mg (23.37-157.43 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
  • seed_length (numerical): 9.5 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.57 mg/mm3 (0.52-0.62 mg/mm3) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 6.32 m (1-10 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241540J. 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.
NHNSW_20231217N. 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/.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011913R. 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.
Leishman_199577M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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.
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_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kubiak_200934P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Nano_201111C. 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.
Sweedman_200611L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.