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Homalanthus populifolius

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Homalanthus populifolius Graham

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Carumbium platyneuron Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Carumbium sieberi Müll.Arg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Omalanthus populifolia Macarthur & C.Moore (orthographic variant)
  • Omalanthus populifolius Graham (orthographic variant)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Carumbium populifolium Reinw. (misapplied)
  • Homalanthus leschenaultianus A.Juss. (misapplied)
  • Homalanthus nutans (G.Forst.) Guill. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, LHI, NI (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (2), ATRP_2020 (1), Baker_2019 (1), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2009 (8), Clarke_2015 (1), Cooper_2013 (13), Hughes_1992 (5), Ilic_2000 (2), Jagdish_2020 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (28), Kubiak_2009 (2), Leishman_2007 (6), McCarthy_2017 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (12), Ooi_2007 (100), Pickup_2021 (3), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), RadfordSmith_2024 (35), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (9), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 73 traits from 327 records in 30 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): fire_killed (2); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (7) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.75 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5); schizocarp (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3428.7 mm2 (1987.68-5854.13 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (30-150 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 74.38 mm (25-120 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 211.78 mg (148.62-268.38 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 7.12 cm (1.5-12 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 59.73 g/m2 (47.06-81.07 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_2007; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.33 g/g (0.3-0.35 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1); truncate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (9); tree (11) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_2007; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyy (1); nnnnnnyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (3) [sources: Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 21.49 mg (5.94-29.34 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Ooi_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.67 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.33 mg/mm3 (0.27-0.47 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 7.17 m (3-12 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Ooi_20071100M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
RadfordSmith_20241235J. 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.
Kooyman_20111028R. 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.
RBGV_20231318VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221417L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
McCarthy_2017315J. 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.
Cooper_20131113W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2023913N. 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/.
NSWFRD_2014812B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Wright_200099I. 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.
Clarke_200938P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
Jagdish_202027A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
Leishman_200766M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
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.
Hughes_199255L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_202255N. 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/.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Pickup_202133M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
ANBG_201912Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Ilic_200012J. 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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kubiak_200922P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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.
Baker_201911A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Clarke_201511P. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.