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Daphnandra repandula

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Family Atherospermataceae

Taxonomy: Daphnandra repandula (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Atherosperma repandulum F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Daphnandra dielsii Perkins (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), Bloomfield_2018 (250), Chen_2017 (6), Cooper_2013 (9), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_2008 (3), Ilic_2000 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (10), Rumman_2018 (4), Sams_2017 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tng_2013 (6), Wells_2012 (165), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wills_2018 (30), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 86 traits from 532 records in 20 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): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.67 mm (6-35 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3386.47 mm2 (712.54-4717.94 mm2) [sources: Tng_2013; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 118.75 mm (60-260 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 205.79 mg (20.01-359.38 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.15 cm (0.8-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 54.32 g/m2 (21.9-89.48 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Grubb_2008; Sams_2017; Tng_2013; Wells_2012; Wills_2018]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.28 g/g (0.16-0.44 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 3.4 g/g (3.4-3.4 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Rumman_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); oblique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Rumman_2018; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyynnn (2); yyyyyyyyynny (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 32.35 mg/g (23.77-37.85 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Grubb_2008; Wills_2018]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.07 mg/g (0.79-2.87 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Wills_2018]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -32.6 {delta}[ppth] (-34.24--30.96 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Rumman_2018; Tng_2013]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.7 mg (4.7-4.7 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.47 mg/mm3 (0.24-0.58 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Sams_2017; Tng_2013; Wells_2012]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 22.5 m (5-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Bloomfield_201824250K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
Wells_201223165J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
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.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011810R. 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_2017910M. 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.
Cooper_201389W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Chen_201766Chen, 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.
Tng_201366D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
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.
Rumman_201844R. Rumman, O. K. Atkin, K. J. Bloomfield, and D. Eamus. “Variation in bulk-leaf 13C discrimination, leaf traits and wateruse efficiency-trait relationships along a continental-scale climate gradient in Australia”. Global Change Biology 24 (2018), pp. 1186-1200. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13911.
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.
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/.
Ilic_200012J. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
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.