AusTraits

Flindersia bennettii

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Flindersia bennettii F.Muell. ex C.Moore

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Flindersia bennetiana Benth. (orthographic variant)
  • Flindersia bennettiana F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Flindersia leichardtii C.DC. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (5), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (12), Ilic_2000 (2), Kooyman_2011 (15), McCarthy_2017 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), RadfordSmith_2024 (44), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 145 records in 17 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 52.67 mm (4-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 16351.65 mm2 (8907.67-21353.74 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 2428.76 mm2 (1781.53-3010.17 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 142.08 mm (60-360 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 46.33 mm (17-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 412.54 mg (296.73-477.87 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 153.73 g/m2 (127.71-193.12 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.48 g/g (0.47-0.5 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); falcate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblong (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyynnnn (1); nyyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 30.25 mm (7-43 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.33 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.72 mg/mm3 (0.64-0.76 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 40.75 m (40-43 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241644J. 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.
ABRS_20231219Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231317N. 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/.
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.
Cooper_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Benwell_202455A. 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.
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.
Wright_200055I. 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.
McCarthy_201724J. 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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
Sjostrom_200633A. 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.
Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Ilic_200012J. 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_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.