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Gossia bidwillii

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Gossia bidwillii (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Austromyrtus bidwillii (Benth.) Burret (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Austromyrtus racemulosa Burret (taxonomic synonym)
  • Austromyrtus sp. (Danbulla L.S.Smith 10123) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Austromyrtus sp. (Danbulla LSS 10123) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Austromyrtus sp. (Danbulla) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Austromyrtus sp. (Forty Mile Scrub G.C.Stocker 1785) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Austromyrtus sp. (Forty Mile Scrub GCS 1785) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Austromyrtus sp. (Forty Mile Scrub) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Austromyrtus sp. (Spencer Creek) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myrtus bidwillii Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myrtus racemulosa Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myrtus racemulosa var. conferta Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Choat_2006 (240), Choat_2012 (5), Cooper_2013 (13), Gross_2005 (8), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (14), McCarthy_2017 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), RadfordSmith_2024 (38), Sams_2017 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 377 records in 18 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (4) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (4-13 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (8) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1034.26 mm2 (679.08-1387.9 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (25-105 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 33.75 mm (15-60 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 78.11 mg (72.1-87.12 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.5 cm (0.2-0.8 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 91.07 g/m2 (65.85-128.91 g/m2) [sources: Choat_2006; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.45 g/g (0.42-0.5 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1); tree (6) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Choat_2006; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); yyynnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 31.93 mg (31.93-31.93 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.74 mg/mm3 (0.68-0.87 mg/mm3) [sources: Choat_2006; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Choat_2006]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 217.11 {count}/mm2 (200-236.67 {count}/mm2) [sources: Choat_2006]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 31.97 um (29.02-33.46 um) [sources: Choat_2006]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 25 m (25-25 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Choat_200616240B. Choat, M. C. Ball, J. G. Luly, C. F. Donnelly, and J. A. M. Holtum. “Seasonal patterns of leaf gas exchange and water relations in dry rain forest trees of contrasting leaf phenology”. Tree Physiology 26.5 (2006), pp. 657-664. doi: 10.1093/treephys/26.5.657.
RadfordSmith_20241538J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
NHNSW_20231116N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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_20131113W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
McCarthy_2017210J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Gross_200548C. 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_200648A. 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.
Sams_201777M. 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.
Butler_200455D. 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.
Choat_201255B. Choat, S. Jansen, T. J. Brodribb, H. Cochard, S. Delzon, R. Bhaskar, S. J. Bucci, T. S. Feild, S. M. Gleason, U. G. Hacke, A. L. Jacobsen, F. Lens, H. Maherali, J. Martinez-Vilalta, S. Mayr, M. Mencuccini, P. J. Mitchell, A. Nardini, J. Pittermann, R. B. Pratt, J. S. Sperry, M. Westoby, I. J. Wright, and A. E. Zanne. “Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought”. Nature 491.7426 (2012), pp. 752-755. doi: 10.1038/nature11688.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.