Elaeagnus triflora

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Family Elaeagnaceae

Taxonomy: Elaeagnus triflora Roxb.

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Elaeagnus latifolia L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2017 (12), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (13), Gallagher_2012 (3), Kanowski_2000 (24), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (9), Metcalfe_2009 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (23). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 94 traits from 133 records in 16 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 14.25 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 12 mm (12-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); drupe (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gallagher_2012; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4380 mm2 (3360-5400 mm2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (30-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 215.52 g/m2 (215.52-215.52 g/m2) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (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): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (5); shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Apgaua_2017; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): scrambling (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): bats (1); birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 34.54 mg/g (34.54-34.54 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.5 mg/g (1.5-1.5 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.55 {delta}[ppth] (-30.55--30.55 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 150 mg (150-150 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 15.5 mm (8-18 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.65 mg/mm3 (0.65-0.65 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 43.98 {count}/mm2 (43.98-43.98 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 94.86 um (94.86-94.86 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.31 mm2/mm2 (0.31-0.31 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): sharp_pointed_defence (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Kanowski_2000	24	24	J. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	19	23	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	12	16	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Metcalfe_2009	14	14	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Kooyman_2011	7	9	R. 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.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. 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.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Gallagher_2012	3	3	R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. 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/.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.