Embelia caulialata

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Family Primulaceae

Taxonomy: Embelia caulialata S.T.Reynolds

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

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (23), ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2017 (12), Cooper_2013 (12), Kooyman_2011 (12), Metcalfe_2009 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 65 traits from 104 records in 11 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_diameter (numerical): 0.38 cm (0.3-0.4 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1); hermaphrodite (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4.38 mm (2.5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 4.38 mm (2.5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 4.25 mm (2.5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; 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): black (1); purple (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3510 mm2 (3510-3510 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 92.5 mm (40-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (20-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (3); shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Apgaua_2017; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): butterfly (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyynnnnnn (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_delta13C (numerical): -30.36 {delta}[ppth] (-30.36--30.36 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 8.2 mg (8.2-8.2 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.35 mg/mm3 (0.35-0.35 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 22.59 {count}/mm2 (22.59-22.59 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 110.16 um (110.16-110.16 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.22 mm2/mm2 (0.22-0.22 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

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

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	15	23	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	15	18	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Metcalfe_2009	16	16	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.
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.
Cooper_2013	9	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	8	12	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.
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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.