AusTraits

Gossia punctata

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Gossia punctata N.Snow & Guymer

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Austromyrtus sp. (Brookfield L.W.Jessup 155) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Austromyrtus sp. B (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Butler_2004 (5), Kooyman_2011 (13), McCarthy_2017 (8), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), RadfordSmith_2024 (29), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 81 records in 9 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]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12 mm (9-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 12 mm (9-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 660.99 mm2 (445.02-806.72 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 37.5 mm (20-55 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 19.25 mm (8-35 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 71.12 mg (54.12-88.12 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.15 cm (0.1-0.2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 90.85 g/m2 (59.53-120.72 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.36-0.41 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (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 (4) [sources: Butler_2004; 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 (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.73 mg/mm3 (0.72-0.73 mg/mm3) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 13.5 m (12-15 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241529J. 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_2011913R. 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.
McCarthy_201728J. 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.
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.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.