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Cupaniopsis flagelliformis

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Cupaniopsis flagelliformis (F.M.Bailey) Radlk.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cupania curvidentata F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cupania flagelliformis F.M.Bailey (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cupaniopsis curvidentata (F.M.Bailey) Radlk. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cupaniopsis serrata var. tomentella (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Domin (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), Chen_2017 (5), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_2008 (3), Jagdish_2020 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_4 (1), Kooyman_2011 (11), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (23), RadfordSmith_2024 (37), Sams_2017 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 135 records in 18 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): 18.5 mm (15-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); orange (1); pink (1); yellow (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 34877.4 mm2 (28766.46-38299.75 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 2682.88 mm2 (2212.8-2946.13 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 143.33 mm (35-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 51.67 mm (10-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 337.2 mg (279.95-410.49 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 6.25 cm (3.5-9 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 86.34 g/m2 (57.14-141.77 g/m2) [sources: Grubb_2008; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.46 g/g (0.43-0.47 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.4 g/g (1.4-1.4 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (2); oblong (2); obovate (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); oblique (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Kooyman_2011; 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]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): flying_vertebrates (1) [sources: Sams_2017]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 683.33 mg (250-1116.66 mg) [sources: Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.74 mg/mm3 (0.67-0.79 mg/mm3) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 25 m (25-25 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241537J. 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_20231523N. 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/.
ABRS_20231521Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011811R. 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.
Sams_201788M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
Chen_201755Chen, 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.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
Jagdish_202024A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
Grubb_200833P. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. 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/.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from 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.
Wright_200011I. 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.