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Livistona australis

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Family Arecaceae

Taxonomy: Livistona australis (R.Br.) Mart.

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Corypha australis R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Livistona sp. 'Eungella & Paluma Range' (A.N.Rodd 3798) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona sp. 'Eungella' (A.N.Rodd 3798) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona sp. 'Paluma Range' (A.K.Irvine 1928) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona sp. (Eungella A.N.Rodd 3798) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona sp. (Eungella) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona sp. (Paluma Range A.K.Irvine 1928) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona sp. (Paluma Range) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona sp. Eungella Range (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona sp. Paluma Range (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistonia australis F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Livistona inermis R.Br. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (23), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (14), Fonseca_2000 (9), Hughes_1992 (4), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kubiak_2009 (2), Laxton_2005 (20), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (8), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2024 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (8), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (17), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 72 traits from 168 records in 22 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 15.17 mm (10-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 15.12 mm (10-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 16 mm (10-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (3); brown (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1260466 mm2 (784000-2118974 mm2) [sources: Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 5185.2 mm2 (1795.9-8574.5 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 2450 mm (1000-4500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 427.53 mm (10.6-1500 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 162.5 cm (100-250 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 102.93 g/m2 (86.96-128.21 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (5); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2); endozoochory (3); zoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; Kew_2019_5; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyynnn (1); nnnnnnnyyynn (2); yynnnnnnnnny (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): apical_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 841.3 mg (841.29-841.3 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
  • seed_length (numerical): 13.25 mm (10-16 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • seed_width (numerical): 12 mm (10-16 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231423Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Laxton_20051120E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
White_20201717M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Cooper_20131114W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
RBGV_20231014VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20241013N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Fonseca_200059C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
eFLOWER_Dun_202289L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Leishman_199588M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NSWFRD_201488B. 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.
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_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Kubiak_200922P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.