Guioa acutifolia

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Guioa acutifolia Radlk.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cupania semiglauca var. acutifolia Radlk. (taxonomic synonym)
Cupania semiglauca var. acutifolia S.T.Reynolds (taxonomic synonym)
Nephelium semiglaucum var. acutifolium (Radlk.) J.F.Bailey & C.T.White (nomenclatural synonym)
Nephelium winterianum F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), Apgaua_2017 (12), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (14), Gross_2005 (4), Kanowski_2000 (24), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (10), Metcalfe_2009 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tng_2013 (6), Wells_2012 (158), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Williams_2012 (4), Wright_2000 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (22). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 109 traits from 322 records in 20 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 (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Metcalfe_2009; Williams_2012]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 0.35 cm (0.3-0.4 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): monoecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 16 mm (10-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 16 mm (10-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_colour (categorical): red (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 5117.67 mm2 (3113-8400 mm2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Metcalfe_2009; Tng_2013]
leaflet_area (numerical): 2063.05 mm2 (294.78-3182.53 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 157.5 mm (55-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 55.75 mm (18-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.1 cm (1.2-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 104.01 g/m2 (41.35-138.14 g/m2) [sources: Kanowski_2000; Tng_2013; Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.45 g/g (0.36-0.51 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); falcate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (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): shrub (2); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Apgaua_2017; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; 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 (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.66 mg/g (17.66-17.66 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.11 mg/g (1.11-1.11 mg/g) [sources: Kanowski_2000]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -33.38 {delta}[ppth] (-34.6--32.16 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Tng_2013]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 32.5 mg (11-54 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.62 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.74 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Metcalfe_2009; Tng_2013; Wells_2012]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 13.11 {count}/mm2 (13.11-13.11 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 77.27 um (77.27-77.27 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.06 mm2/mm2 (0.06-0.06 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

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

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	23	158	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Kanowski_2000	24	24	J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
ABRS_2023	17	23	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	17	22	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Metcalfe_2009	18	18	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	10	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.
Tng_2013	6	6	D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
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.
Chen_2017	5	5	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.
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.
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.
Williams_2012	4	4	P. R. Williams, M. Parsons, R. Jensen, and C. Tran. “Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests”. Austral Ecology 37.2 (2012), pp. 268-275. ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02271.x.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.