Elaeocarpus holopetalus

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Family Elaeocarpaceae

Taxonomy: Elaeocarpus holopetalus F.Muell.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (1), Cooper_2013 (10), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Lawes_2014 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (7), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Smith_1996 (115), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 64 traits from 215 records in 17 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 (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (8-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 425.57 mm2 (156.6-759.3 mm2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_length (numerical): 51.4 mm (23-70 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Smith_1996; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 22.12 mm (10-37 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Smith_1996; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 56.59 mg (35.32-100.88 mg) [sources: Smith_1996]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.65 cm (0.3-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 132.98 g/m2 (132.98-132.98 g/m2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.51 g/g (0.48-0.53 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.96 g/g (0.88-1.09 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 22 deg (5-45 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (7) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); ynnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9.72 mg/g (9.72-9.72 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.84 mg/g (0.84-0.84 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 210.04 mg (210.04-210.04 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 19.12 m (5-25 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Smith_1996	17	115	B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	12	16	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	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.
NHNSW_2023	9	12	N. 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_2013	9	10	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	B. 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.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
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.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Clarke_2015	1	1	P. 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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Lawes_2014	1	1	M. J. Lawes, S. J. Richardson, P. J. Clarke, J. J. Midgley, M. S. McGlone, and P. J. Bellingham. “Bark thickness does not explain the different susceptibility of Australian and New Zealand temperate rain forests to anthropogenic fire”. Journal of Biogeography 41.8 (2014), pp. 1467-1477. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12292.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.