Gomphandra australiana

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Family Icacinaceae

Taxonomy: Gomphandra australiana F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Stemonurus australianus (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Gomphandra polymorpha Wight (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (22), Apgaua_2017 (12), Cheesman_2020 (34), Chen_2017 (4), Cooper_2013 (14), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (11), Metcalfe_2009 (17), Rosell_2014 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), Zieminska_2015 (36), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (26). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 92 traits from 204 records in 19 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

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (20-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): pink (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 11493.33 mm2 (7160-14400 mm2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 137.5 mm (90-240 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 71.25 mm (35-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.15 cm (1-1.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 72.1 g/m2 (59.8-106.2 g/m2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Zieminska_2015]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (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 (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Apgaua_2017; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; 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 (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; 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) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); cassowaries (1); mammals (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnyy (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): 21.17 mg/g (20.09-22.48 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -32.75 {delta}[ppth] (-34.68--30.56 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 830 mg (830-830 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 20.5 mm (18-23 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 10.5 mm (9-12 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.45 mg/mm3 (0.42-0.5 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Ilic_2000; Metcalfe_2009; Rosell_2014; Zieminska_2015]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 29.6 {count}/mm2 (17.57-48.85 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 66.72 um (45.64-83.58 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.09 mm2/mm2 (0.07-0.1 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 16.25 m (5-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Zieminska_2015	12	36	K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
Cheesman_2020	12	34	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	18	26	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	15	22	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Metcalfe_2009	17	17	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.
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Kooyman_2011	8	11	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.
Rosell_2014	8	8	J. A. Rosell, S. Gleason, R. Mendez-Alonzo, Y. Chang, and M. Westoby. “Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity”. New Phytologist 201.2 (2014), pp. 486-497. doi: 10.1111/nph.12541.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
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.
Ilic_2000	1	2	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.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 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.
Wright_2000	1	1	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.