Flindersia bourjotiana

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Flindersia bourjotiana F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Flindersia tysoni 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 (18), Bloomfield_2018 (199), Cooper_2013 (12), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_2008 (3), Ilic_2000 (3), Kanowski_2000 (472), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_4 (1), Kooyman_2011 (14), Rumman_2018 (4), SinghRamesh_2019 (34), SinghRamesh_2023 (425), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (125), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wills_2018 (60), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 107 traits from 1,389 records in 20 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 (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 92.33 mm (4-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3532.91 mm2 (2320-10859 mm2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; SinghRamesh_2023; Wells_2012]
leaflet_area (numerical): 3106.84 mm2 (1491.32-4287.51 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 141.88 mm (55-330 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 31.5 mm (15-48 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 468.98 mg (232.24-1366.4 mg) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023; Wells_2012]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 147.11 g/m2 (60.36-188.68 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Grubb_2008; Kanowski_2000; SinghRamesh_2023; Wells_2012; Wills_2018]
leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 6.06 mm2/mg (0.71-16.9 mm2/mg) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]
leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.42 g/g (0.23-0.74 g/g) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.38 g/g (0.23-0.47 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Wells_2012]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.8 g/g (1.8-1.8 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Rumman_2018]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Rumman_2018; Wells_2012; 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): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); mammals (1); wind (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.11 mg/g (6-18.12 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Grubb_2008; Kanowski_2000; SinghRamesh_2019; SinghRamesh_2023; Wills_2018]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.81 mg/g (0.33-2.82 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Kanowski_2000; SinghRamesh_2019; SinghRamesh_2023; Wills_2018]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.32 {delta}[ppth] (-32--26.7 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Rumman_2018; SinghRamesh_2019; SinghRamesh_2023]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 13.88 umol{CO2}/m2/s (4.38-19.68 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.1 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.03-0.14 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
leaf_stomatal_conductance_per_area_at_Amax (numerical): 80.88 mmol{H2O}/m2/s (14.5-178.3 mmol{H2O}/m2/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 130 mg (130-130 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 43.17 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.5 mg/mm3 (0.45-0.55 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Wells_2012]
stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.17 g/g (0.04-0.38 g/g) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 35 m (35-35 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Kanowski_2000	24	472	J. 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.
SinghRamesh_2023	25	425	A. S. Ramesh, A. W. Cheesman, H. Flores-Moreno, N. D. Preece, D. M. Crayn, and L. A. Cernusak. “Temperature, nutrient availability, and species traits interact to shape elevation responses of Australian tropical trees”. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 6 (2023). doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2023.1089167.
Bloomfield_2018	24	199	K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
Wells_2012	25	125	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.
Wills_2018	15	60	J. Wills, J. Herbohn, J. Hu, S. Sohel, J. Baynes, and J. Firn. “Tree leaf trade-offs are stronger for sub-canopy trees: leaf traits reveal little about growth rates in canopy trees”. Ecological Applications 28.4 (2018), pp. 1116-1125. doi: 10.1002/eap.1715.
SinghRamesh_2019	17	34	A. S. Ramesh and A. W. C. &. L. Cernusak. Far North Queensland, Montane Tree Leaf Chemistry Data, 2019. Version 1. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network.. 2019. doi: 10.25901/e1yb-ea83.
ABRS_2023	12	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011	10	14	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.
Cooper_2013	10	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
Rumman_2018	4	4	R. Rumman, O. K. Atkin, K. J. Bloomfield, and D. Eamus. “Variation in bulk-leaf 13C discrimination, leaf traits and wateruse efficiency-trait relationships along a continental-scale climate gradient in Australia”. Global Change Biology 24 (2018), pp. 1186-1200. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13911.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Wright_2000	4	4	I. 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.
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.
Grubb_2008	3	3	P. J. Grubb, R. V. Jackson, I. M. Barberis, J. N. Bee, D. A. Coomes, N. J. Dominy, M. A. S. D. L. Fuente, P. W. Lucas, D. J. Metcalfe, J. Svenning, I. M. Turner, and O. Vargas. “Monocot leaves are eaten less than dicot leaves in tropical lowland rain forests: Correlations with toughness and leaf presentation”. Annals of Botany 101 (2008), pp. 1379-1389. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcn047.
Ilic_2000	1	3	J. 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_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_4	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.