AusTraits

Euroschinus falcata

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Family Anacardiaceae

Taxonomy: Euroschinus falcata Hook.f.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Euroschinus falcatus Hook.f. (orthographic variant)
  • Rhus euroschinus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (10), Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (13), Ilic_2000 (3), Kanowski_2000 (44), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (8), NHNSW_2024 (14), RadfordSmith_2024 (45), Tng_2013 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Williams_2012 (3), Wright_2000 (2), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 75 traits from 192 records in 22 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 (3) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): polygamous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); purple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 7687.19 mm2 (1780-31527.3 mm2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; RadfordSmith_2024; Tng_2013]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 3344.46 mm2 (1721.83-5254.55 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 98.44 mm (35-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 33 mm (8-80 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 257.63 mg (132.09-365.3 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 82.38 g/m2 (69.18-96.43 g/m2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; RadfordSmith_2024; Tng_2013]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.38 g/g (0.37-0.38 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1); obtuse (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Baker_2019; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 21.96 mg/g (19.55-24.37 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.46 mg/g (1.4-1.51 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.04 {delta}[ppth] (-31.04--31.04 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Tng_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 15 mg (15-15 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.58 mm (1.5-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.43 mg/mm3 (0.39-0.53 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Tng_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 30 m (30-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241745J. 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.
Kanowski_20002244J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
NHNSW_2024914N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_20131113W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011912R. 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.
ABRS_2023710Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_268Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Tng_201366D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
Butler_200455D. 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.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Chen_201744Chen, 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_202234L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Ilic_200013J. 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.
Williams_201233P. R. Williams, M. Parsons, R. Jensen, and C. Tran. “Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests”. Austral Ecology 37.2 (2012), pp. 268-275. ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02271.x.
ABRS_198122B. 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/.
Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wright_200022I. 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.
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.