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Croton stigmatosus

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Croton stigmatosus F.Muell.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Croton phebalioides var. hirsuta F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Croton phebalioides var. hirsutus F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Croton phebalioides var. stigmatosus (F.Muell.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Croton stigmatosus F.Muell. var. stigmatosus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Croton stigmatosus var. eurybioides Baill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oxydectes stigmatosa Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (12), Kooyman_2011 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 50 records in 8 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): red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (80-150 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.25 cm (1-3.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblong (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_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (4) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 15 m (15-15 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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.
Cooper_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2023912N. 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/.
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_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/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.