Eupomatia barbata

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Family Eupomatiaceae

Taxonomy: Eupomatia barbata Jessup

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eupomatia sp. (Noahs Head L.J.Webb+ 10269) (taxonomic synonym)
Eupomatia sp. (Noahs Head) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), Chen_2017 (5), Cooper_2013 (13), Kooyman_2011 (10), Metcalfe_2009 (18), Wells_2012 (120), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 56 traits from 192 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 21.25 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (2); compound_fruit_other (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1); fleshy (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3986.22 mm2 (1182.44-10080 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 190 mm (60-240 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (15-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 86.97 mg (36.88-207.73 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.42 cm (0.25-0.6 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 30.36 g/m2 (22.78-40.67 g/m2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.2 g/g (0.17-0.24 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; 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): shrub (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); nnnnnnnnnyyn (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
storage_organ (categorical): root_tuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10 mg (10-10 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.45 mg/mm3 (0.26-0.69 mg/mm3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	22	120	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Metcalfe_2009	18	18	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.
ABRS_2023	12	17	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	8	10	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.
Chen_2017	5	5	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
ABRS_1981	3	3	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.