AusTraits

Erythrina numerosa

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Erythrina numerosa A.R.Bean

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Erythrina sp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Erythrina sp. (Croftby P.I.Forster PIF6209) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Erythrina sp. (Croftby P.I.Forster+ PIF6209) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Erythrina species 'Croftby' (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Erythrina vespertilio Benth. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (15), McCarthy_2017 (16), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), RadfordSmith_2024 (34), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 98 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 185 mm (130-240 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 5752.4 mm2 (3677.3-13691.8 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 2842.44 mm2 (1495.46-4563.93 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 71.25 mm (50-95 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 82.75 mm (50-113 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 134.79 mg (72.95-273.28 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 8.25 cm (4.5-12 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 59.75 g/m2 (23.07-71.14 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.17-0.22 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; 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): deciduous (1); evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): undefined (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): animals (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 248.94 mg (248.94-248.94 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 9.25 mm (7-13 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.26 mg/mm3 (0.11-0.37 mg/mm3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 21.25 m (5-30 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241334J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
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/.
McCarthy_2017316J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Kooyman_20111115R. 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.
Butler_200444D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.