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Flindersia oppositifolia

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Flindersia oppositifolia (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & Jessup

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Flindersia pimenteliana f. oppositifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Scott, W.K.Harris & Playford (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Flindersia unifoliolata T.G.Hartley (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hypsophila oppositifolia F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), Cooper_2013 (11), Gross_2005 (4), Kooyman_2011 (14), SinghRamesh_2019 (95), SinghRamesh_2023 (450), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 604 records in 11 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): monoecious (1) [sources: Gross_2005]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 61.88 mm (2.5-115 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1219.85 mm2 (280.7-2262.3 mm2) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 72.5 mm (25-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 26.25 mm (14-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 121.17 mg (50.1-228.3 mg) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (0.5-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 106.13 g/m2 (66.21-178.48 g/m2) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 0.58 mm2/mg (0.06-1.48 mm2/mg) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.27 g/g (0.02-0.84 g/g) [sources: SinghRamesh_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (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 (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; 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): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.83 mg/g (9.1-23 mg/g) [sources: SinghRamesh_2019; SinghRamesh_2023]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.27 mg/g (0.24-6.6 mg/g) [sources: SinghRamesh_2019; SinghRamesh_2023]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.71 {delta}[ppth] (-31.3--27 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: SinghRamesh_2019; SinghRamesh_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 31.67 mm (14-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 20 m (15-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
SinghRamesh_202325450A. 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.
SinghRamesh_20191795A. 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_20231320Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_20111014R. 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_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Gross_200544C. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Wright_200011I. 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.