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Elaeocarpus reticulatus

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Family Elaeocarpaceae

Taxonomy: Elaeocarpus reticulatus Sm.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Elaeocarpus cyaneus Sims (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus cyaneus Sims var. cyaneus (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus cyaneus var. carneus Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus reticulata Sm. (orthographic variant)
  • Elaeocarpus reticulatus Sm. var. reticulatus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus reticulatus var. typicus Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Perinka reticulata (Sm.) Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic (native and naturalised), Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Campbell_2006 (6), Cheal_2017 (2), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (11), EsperonRodriguez_2019 (70), Fonseca_2000 (9), Gosper_2004 (6), Hughes_1992 (5), Ilic_2000 (2), Kew_2019_1 (5), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), Kubiak_2009 (5), Lusk_2014 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (11), Pickup_2021 (10), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), Sendall_2016 (56), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), eFLOWER_2021 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 93 traits from 338 records in 34 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 (1); partial_resprouting (3); resprouts (6) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (6); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 60 mo (60-60 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 206 mg (206-206 mg) [sources: Gosper_2004]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 11.22 mm (8-13 mm) [sources: Gosper_2004; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10.87 mm (8.6-12 mm) [sources: Gosper_2004; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 12 mm (12-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; 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): blue (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1525.45 mm2 (1127.2-2005.8 mm2) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2019; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 108 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.29 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 193.6 mg (120-295.1 mg) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2019; Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.25 cm (0.5-2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 113.81 g/m2 (56.5-259.91 g/m2) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2019; Fonseca_2000; Lusk_2014; Sendall_2016]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 3.34 mm2/mg (3.34-3.34 mm2/mg) [sources: Lusk_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); oblong (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2); simple (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (5); tree (14) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; TMAG_2009]
  • 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 (2); zoochory (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; Kew_2019_5; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (3); vertebrates (1) [sources: Campbell_2006; Cooper_2013; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); ynnnnnnnnyyy (3); yynnnnnnnnny (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (2); soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Pickup_2021]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (4); widely_dispersed (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (4) [sources: Baker_2019; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 109.78 mg (82.61-154.43 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 6.58 mm (4-8.65 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 5.57 mm (4-6.64 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.63 mg/mm3 (0.63-0.63 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
EsperonRodriguez_2019770M. Esperon-Rodriguez, S. A. Power, M. G. Tjoelker, and P. D. Rymer. “Unpublished data: Data from 'Which Plant Where Living Labs' research projects”. 2019.
Sendall_2016556K. M. Sendall, C. H. Lusk, and P. B. Reich. “Trade-offs in juvenile growth potential vs. shade tolerance among subtropical rain forest trees on soils of contrasting fertility”. Functional Ecology 30.6 (2015), pp. 845-855. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12573.
eFLOWER_20212021J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
RBGV_20231418VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231215N. 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/.
Kooyman_20111012R. 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.
TMAG_20091012Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Cooper_20131011W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NSWFRD_20141111B. 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.
Pickup_2021510M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Fonseca_200059C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Campbell_200666M. L. Campbell and P. J. Clarke. “Response of montane wet sclerophyll forest understorey species to fire- evidence from high and low intensity fires”. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127 (2006), pp. 63-73. doi: unknown.
Gosper_200456C. R. Gosper. “Fruit characteristics of invasive bitou bush, Chrysanthemoides monilifera (Asteraceae), and a comparison with co-occurring native plant species”. Australian Journal of Botany 52.2 (2004), pp. 223-230. doi: 10.1071/bt03046.
McGlone_201566M. 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.
Hughes_199255L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kew_2019_115Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kubiak_200935P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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.
Clarke_200923P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
Lusk_201433C. H. Lusk, K. M. Sendall, and P. J. Clarke. “Seedling growth rates and light requirements of subtropical rainforest trees associated with basaltic and rhyolitic soils”. Australian Journal of Botany 62.1 (2014), pp. 48-55. doi: 10.1071/bt13262.
NHNSW_202233N. 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_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Cheal_201722D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
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_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.