AusTraits

Elaeocarpus sedentarius

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Family Elaeocarpaceae

Taxonomy: Elaeocarpus sedentarius Maynard & Crayn

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Elaeocarpus sp. 2 Minyon (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus sp. Minyon (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus sp. Q1 (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus sp. Rocky Creek (G.Read AQ 562114) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus sp. Rocky Creek (Hunter s.n. 16 Sep 1993) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elaeocarpus sp. Whian Whian (G.Read AQ 562114) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (4), Kooyman_2011 (14), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 52 records in 8 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 27.5 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_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 (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 110 mm (70-150 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 60 mm (40-80 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4.5 cm (3-6 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.52 mg/mm3 (0.52-0.52 mg/mm3) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 35 m (35-35 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231218N. 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_20111014R. 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.
NSWFRD_201466B. 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.
Cooper_201344W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.