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Karrabina benthamiana

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Family Cunoniaceae

Taxonomy: Karrabina benthamiana (F.Muell.) Rozefelds & H.C.Hopkins

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Geissois benthami F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Geissois benthamiana F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Geissois benthamii A.G.Floyd (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Geissois benthamii A.G.Floyd (orthographic variant)
  • Weinmannia benthami F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Weinmannia benthamiana (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Weinmannia benthamiana (F.Muell.) F.Muell. var. benthamiana (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Weinmannia benthamiana var. microcarpa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Weinmannia benthamii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Weinmannia benthamii var. microcarpa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Weinmannia benthamii var. typica Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Windmannia benthamiana (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Windmannia benthamii Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (2), Cooper_2013 (12), Ilic_2000 (3), Kooyman_2011 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), RadfordSmith_2024 (49), Sams_2017 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 63 traits from 148 records in 15 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 (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 14.5 mm (10-18 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 10588.52 mm2 (8513.25-13033.02 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 3529.51 mm2 (2837.75-4344.34 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (60-170 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 407.04 mg (314.9-514.66 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3.5 cm (2-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 110.01 g/m2 (93.79-139.67 g/m2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.44 g/g (0.43-0.46 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: 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 (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyyyn (1); ynnnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.57 mg/mm3 (0.53-0.6 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 40 m (35-45 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241549J. 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_20221521L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Kooyman_20111115R. 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.
NHNSW_20231115N. 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_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Sams_2017910M. 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.
Wright_200055I. 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.
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.
Ilic_200013J. 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.
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/.
Clarke_201522P. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.