Endospermum myrmecophilum

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Endospermum myrmecophilum L.S.Sm.

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

Endospermum medullosum L.S.Sm. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Apgaua_2017 (12), Cooper_2013 (11), Crowley_2007 (2), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (17), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), Zanne_2009 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (24). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 100 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 0.3 cm (0.3-0.3 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.75 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): white (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 170 mm (65-350 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 154 mm (60-330 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 15 cm (15-15 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); ovate (1); peltate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.19 {delta}[ppth] (-30.19--30.19 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.38 mg/mm3 (0.33-0.45 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Ilic_2000; Zanne_2009]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 5.58 {count}/mm2 (5.58-5.58 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 142.73 um (142.73-142.73 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.09 mm2/mm2 (0.09-0.09 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 35.67 m (35-36 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	18	24	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NTH_2023	15	17	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
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	9	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.
Cooper_2013	9	11	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
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.
NTH_2014	3	3	Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Ilic_2000	1	1	J. 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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Zanne_2009	1	1	A. E. Zanne, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, D. A. Coomes, J. Ilic, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, R. B. Miller, N. G. Swenson, M. C. Wiemann, and J. Chave. “Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum”. Dryad Digital Repository (2009). doi: 10.5061/dryad.234.