Hymenosporum flavum

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Family Pittosporaceae

Taxonomy: Hymenosporum flavum (Hook.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pittosporum flavum Hook. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), ANBG_2019 (5), ATRP_2020 (1), Baker_2019 (2), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2009 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (14), Gross_2005 (4), Hughes_1992 (5), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (6), Kooyman_2011 (14), Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (4), RadfordSmith_2024 (44), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (9), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (28). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 80 traits from 213 records in 26 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 (5) [sources: Baker_2019; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
flower_diameter (numerical): 5 cm (5-5 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (25-30 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012; Wright_2000]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2258.42 mm2 (1549.48-2711.6 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_length (numerical): 111.67 mm (55-190 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 37 mm (20-52 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 206.64 mg (108.42-287.55 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.15 cm (1-1.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 90.1 g/m2 (70.41-109.98 g/m2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.3 g/g (0.28-0.33 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (11) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; RadfordSmith_2024]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); nnnnnnnnnyyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); nnnnnnyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (3) [sources: Baker_2019; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.15 mg (3.2-7.34 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 8.66 mm (5-12.16 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 5.39 mm (3-8.66 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); reniform (1); winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.56 mg/mm3 (0.47-0.61 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 20.4 m (4-28 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RadfordSmith_2024	14	44	J. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	21	28	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	16	19	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	13	16	N. 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/.
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	10	14	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.
Wells_2012	12	12	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.
Wright_2000	9	9	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.
Kew_2019_1	1	6	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
ANBG_2019	5	5	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Clarke_2009	3	5	P. 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.
Hughes_1992	5	5	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
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.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	B. 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.
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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
Baker_2019	2	2	A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. 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.
Ilic_2000	1	1	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.
Mesaglio_2022	1	1	T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.