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Drypetes deplanchei

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Family Putranjivaceae

Taxonomy: Drypetes deplanchei (Brongn. & Gris) Merr.

Synonyms: 20 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Drypetes affinis Pax & K.Hoffm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drypetes australasica (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drypetes deplanchei (Brongn. & Gris) Merr. subsp. deplanchei (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Drypetes deplanchei subsp. affinis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) P.S.Green (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drypetes lasiogyna (F.Muell.) Pax & K.Hoffm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drypetes lasiogyna (F.Muell.) Pax & K.Hoffm. var. lasiogyna (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drypetes lasiogyna subsp. affinis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) P.S.Green (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drypetes lasiogyna var. australasica (Müll.Arg.) Airy Shaw (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus deplanchei Brongn. & Gris (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hemecyclia australasica Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hemecyclia deplanchei (Brongn. & Gris) Baill. ex Guillaumin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hemecyclia lasiogyna F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hemecyclia sepiaria var. australasica (Müll.Arg.) Baill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hemecyclia sepiaria var. oblongifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hemicyclia australasica Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hemicyclia deplanchei Guillaumin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hemicyclia lasiogyna F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hemicyclia sepiaria var. australasica Baill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hemicyclia sepiaria var. oblongifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myroxylon caledonicum Briq. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hemecyclia sepiaria Wight & Arn. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW, LHI

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Brock_1993 (12), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (8), Cooper_2013 (15), Crowley_2007 (2), Gardiner_2019 (40), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (5), Kanowski_2000 (45), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), Lawes_2012 (15), McCarthy_2017 (10), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (4), NTH_2014 (4), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (20), Nano_2011 (2), RadfordSmith_2024 (41), Rice_1991 (1), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sams_2017 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (8), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (8), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (31). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 97 traits from 339 records in 33 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
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2); resprouts (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 0.5 cm (0.4-0.6 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: Gross_2005; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (8-11 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 9.5 mm (8-11 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (8) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); red (2); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1755.49 mm2 (822.46-2734.52 mm2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Kanowski_2000; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 77 mm (8-150 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.75 mm (6-62 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 155.57 mg (79.4-300.92 mg) [sources: Gardiner_2019; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.9 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 101.78 g/m2 (77.95-161.18 g/m2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Kanowski_2000; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.41 g/g (0.34-0.49 g/g) [sources: Gardiner_2019; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); orbicular (1); ovate (3) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (10) [sources: Brock_1993; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; Stewart_1995; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (2); evergreen (3) [sources: Brock_1993; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014; RadfordSmith_2024; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyy (1); nnnyyyyyyyyn (1); nyyynnnnnnnn (1); yyyynnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2014; WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3); epicormic_buds (2); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 16.95 mg/g (16.3-17.61 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.12 mg/g (0.75-1.49 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.45 {delta}[ppth] (-29.46--29.44 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Stewart_1995]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 91.25 mg (91.25-91.25 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 14 mm (8-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.72 mg/mm3 (0.54-0.84 mg/mm3) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Ilic_2000; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 14 m (2-25 m) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Kanowski_20002345J. 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.
RadfordSmith_20241441J. 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.
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.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221731L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NTH_20231420D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231216N. 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/.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Lawes_2012115M. J. Lawes, J. J. Midgley, and P. J. Clarke. “Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: A savanna/forest contrast”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2012), pp. 517-524. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12035.
Brock_1993912J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
Kooyman_2011912R. 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.
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.
Clarke_201538P. 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.
Stewart_199568G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Wright_200078I. 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.
Sams_201766M. 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.
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.
Ilic_200015J. 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.
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.
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/.
NSWFRD_201444B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
NTH_201444Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
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WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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/.
Rice_199111B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.