Fontainea rostrata
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Family Euphorbiaceae
Taxonomy: Fontainea rostrata Jessup & Guymer
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Fontainea sp. Deep Creek (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 26 records in 6 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): dioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-50 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (4) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
- dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 14.25 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 12 m (12-12 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Butler_2004 | 5 | 5 | D. 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. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Cooper_2013 | 1 | 1 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |