Codiaeum variegatum
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Family Euphorbiaceae
Taxonomy: Codiaeum variegatum (L.) A.Juss.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Croton variegatus L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld (native and naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (13), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_2008 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (37). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 64 records in 7 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
- flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
- flower_diameter (numerical): 0.38 cm (0.2-0.5 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 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_mass_per_area (numerical): 41.67 g/m2 (41.67-41.67 g/m2) [sources: Grubb_2008]
- leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 4.1 g/g (4.1-4.1 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 20 mg/g (20-20 mg/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 5 m (5-5 m) [sources: Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 24 | 37 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 13 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| 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. |
| Grubb_2008 | 3 | 3 | P. J. Grubb, R. V. Jackson, I. M. Barberis, J. N. Bee, D. A. Coomes, N. J. Dominy, M. A. S. D. L. Fuente, P. W. Lucas, D. J. Metcalfe, J. Svenning, I. M. Turner, and O. Vargas. “Monocot leaves are eaten less than dicot leaves in tropical lowland rain forests: Correlations with toughness and leaf presentation”. Annals of Botany 101 (2008), pp. 1379-1389. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcn047. |
| 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. |