Linospadix minor

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Family Arecaceae

Taxonomy: Linospadix minor (W.Hill) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Areca minor W.Hill (nomenclatural synonym)
Bacularia intermedia C.T.White (taxonomic synonym)
Bacularia minor (W.Hill) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Kentia minor (W.Hill) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Linospadix sp. (Mossman V.K.Moriarty 1955) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Weerasinghe_2014 (27), Wells_2012 (76), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 142 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.

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 13 mm (8-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): red (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaflet_area (numerical): 4338.55 mm2 (2440.28-7353.85 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 805 mm (510-1100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 27.5 cm (4-51 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 45.75 g/m2 (40.71-56.38 g/m2) [sources: Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.29 g/g (0.27-0.33 g/g) [sources: Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (4); shrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); cassowaries (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyynnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.7 mg/g (17.7-17.7 mg/g) [sources: Weerasinghe_2014]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1 mg/g (1-1 mg/g) [sources: Weerasinghe_2014]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 13 mm (10-16 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.58 mg/mm3 (0.3-0.85 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 5 m (5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	22	76	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.
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	9	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	11	14	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.