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Everistia vacciniifolia

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Family Rubiaceae

Taxonomy: Everistia vacciniifolia (F.Muell.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Canthium sp. (Massy Creek P.I.Forster +PIF10568) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Canthium vaccinifolium F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Canthium vacciniifolium F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (12), McCarthy_2017 (11), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (19), RadfordSmith_2024 (40), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (16). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 51 traits from 109 records in 9 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2); pyrene (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 65.7 mm2 (34.2-136.24 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 10.25 mm (3.5-17 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.75 mm (3.5-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 4.87 mg (4.05-5.25 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.12 cm (0.05-0.2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 89.14 g/m2 (55.63-133.06 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.54 g/g (0.45-0.61 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); orbicular (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); obtuse (1); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyynnnnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.73 mg/mm3 (0.62-0.81 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 6 m (1-8 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241540J. 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_20231319N. 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/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221416L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cooper_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
McCarthy_2017311J. 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.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.