Licuala ramsayi

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Family Arecaceae

Taxonomy: Licuala ramsayi (F.Muell.) Domin

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Licuala australasica Kerch. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Licuala australasica Salomon (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Licuala muelleri H.Wendl. & Drude (taxonomic synonym)
Livistona ramsayi F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pericycla muelleri Salomon (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), Cheesman_2020 (8), Cooper_2013 (14), Metcalfe_2009 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Weerasinghe_2014 (27), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 96 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1); hermaphrodite (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 10.75 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 9.75 mm (8-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 10.5 mm (8-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 991645 mm2 (63290-1920000 mm2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 3000 mm (2000-4000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1500 mm (1200-1800 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 175 cm (150-200 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 92.65 g/m2 (48-137.3 g/m2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Weerasinghe_2014]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.38 g/g (0.38-0.38 g/g) [sources: Weerasinghe_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (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): palmoid (3); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; 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): semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): cassowaries (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13.7 mg/g (10.61-16.8 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Weerasinghe_2014]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.8 mg/g (0.8-0.8 mg/g) [sources: Weerasinghe_2014]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.43 {delta}[ppth] (-30.43--30.43 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 70 mg (70-70 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.53 mg/mm3 (0.53-0.53 mg/mm3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

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

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Weerasinghe_2014	12	27	L. K. Weerasinghe, D. Creek, K. Y. Crous, S. Xiang, M. J. Liddell, M. H. Turnbull, and O. K. Atkin. “Canopy position affects the relationships between leaf respiration and associated traits in a tropical rainforest in Far North Queensland”. Tree Physiology 34.6 (2014), pp. 564-584. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpu016.
ABRS_2023	11	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Cheesman_2020	8	8	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
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.
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.
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.