AusTraits

Cryptocarya triplinervis

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Family Lauraceae

Taxonomy: Cryptocarya triplinervis R.Br.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Caryodaphne browniana Nees (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Caryodaphne browniana var. ferruginea Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cryptocarya triplinervia Spreng. (orthographic variant)
  • Cryptocarya triplinervis var. euryphylla Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tetranthera sp. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, LHI, NI (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Baker_2019 (2), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (3), Gardiner_2019 (40), Ilic_2000 (1), Kanowski_2000 (23), Kew_2019_1 (1), McCarthy_2017 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), RadfordSmith_2024 (39), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wills_2018 (30), Wright_2000 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 71 traits from 211 records in 21 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): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 11.5 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9.25 mm (6.5-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (1); drupe (4) [sources: Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); purple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1753.12 mm2 (673.73-4745.05 mm2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Kanowski_2000; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 82.5 mm (45-135 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 31.25 mm (15-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 102.39 mg (62.13-135.43 mg) [sources: Gardiner_2019; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.9 cm (0.3-1.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 100.59 g/m2 (63.05-134.95 g/m2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Kanowski_2000; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Wills_2018]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.45 g/g (0.4-0.54 g/g) [sources: Gardiner_2019; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Baker_2019; Clarke_2015]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 18 mg/g (12.84-23.03 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Wills_2018]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.15 mg/g (0.73-1.54 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Wills_2018]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 281.28 mg (281.28-281.28 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.66 mg/mm3 (0.59-0.73 mg/mm3) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Ilic_2000; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Gardiner_2019840R. Gardiner, L. P. Shoo, and J. M. Dwyer. “Look to seedling heights, rather than functional traits, to explain survival during extreme heat stress in the early stages of subtropical rainforest restoration”. Journal of Applied Ecology 56.12 (2019), pp. 2687-2697. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13505.
RadfordSmith_20241539J. 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.
Wills_20181530J. Wills, J. Herbohn, J. Hu, S. Sohel, J. Baynes, and J. Firn. “Tree leaf trade-offs are stronger for sub-canopy trees: leaf traits reveal little about growth rates in canopy trees”. Ecological Applications 28.4 (2018), pp. 1116-1125. doi: 10.1002/eap.1715.
Kanowski_20002323J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
ABRS_2023914Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023911N. 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/.
McCarthy_2017210J. 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.
Wright_20001010I. 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.
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.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
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.
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_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
ABRS_198122B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Ilic_200011J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.