Flindersia brayleyana

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Flindersia brayleyana F.Muell.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Flindersia brayleana W.E.Cooper (orthographic variant)
Flindersia chatawaiana F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Flindersia chatawayana F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), Cooper_2013 (11), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (3), Kanowski_2000 (340), Kew_2019_1 (6), Kew_2019_4 (1), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Metcalfe_2009 (19), Sams_2017 (8), SinghRamesh_2023 (450), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tng_2013 (6), Togashi_2015 (1), Wells_2012 (144), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (4), Zanne_2009 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 100 traits from 1,041 records in 21 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]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 80 mm (60-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4949.01 mm2 (1484-10080 mm2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Metcalfe_2009; SinghRamesh_2023; Tng_2013; Wells_2012]
leaflet_area (numerical): 7241.79 mm2 (3973.11-10262.76 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 181.88 mm (60-450 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 54.5 mm (28-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 286.49 mg (145.5-1089 mg) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023; Wells_2012]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 152.81 g/m2 (51.55-221.43 g/m2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Sams_2017; SinghRamesh_2023; Tng_2013; Wells_2012]
leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 7.52 mm2/mg (3.14-16.03 mm2/mg) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]
leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.3 g/g (0.09-0.56 g/g) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.35 g/g (0.21-0.43 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); falcate (1); 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

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (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 (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (1); fly (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: Kew_2019_5; Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 14.72 mg/g (6-22 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000; SinghRamesh_2023]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.23 mg/g (0.61-7.92 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000; SinghRamesh_2023]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.04 {delta}[ppth] (-32.8--26.3 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023; Tng_2013]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 93.46 mg (54-150 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 48.33 mm (25-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 8 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.46 mg/mm3 (0.38-0.52 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Metcalfe_2009; Tng_2013; Wells_2012; Zanne_2009]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Togashi_2015]
stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.08-0.31 g/g) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 35 m (35-35 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SinghRamesh_2023	25	450	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.
Kanowski_2000	24	340	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.
Wells_2012	25	144	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	19	19	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	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	9	13	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	9	11	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Sams_2017	7	8	M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
Kew_2019_1	1	6	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Tng_2013	6	6	D. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Zanne_2009	1	2	A. E. Zanne, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, D. A. Coomes, J. Ilic, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, R. B. Miller, N. G. Swenson, M. C. Wiemann, and J. Chave. “Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum”. Dryad Digital Repository (2009). doi: 10.5061/dryad.234.
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/.
Kew_2019_5	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Togashi_2015	1	1	H. F. Togashi, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, D. I. Forrester, P. Drake, P. Feikema, K. Brooksbank, D. Eamus, and D. Taylor. “Morphological and moisture availability controls of the leaf area-to-sapwood area ratio: analysis of measurements on Australian trees”. Ecology and Evolution 5.6 (2015), pp. 1263-1270. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1344.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.