AusTraits

Livistona benthamii

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Family Arecaceae

Taxonomy: Livistona benthamii F.M.Bailey

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Livistona benthami F.M.Bailey (orthographic variant)
  • Livistona holtzei Becc. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona humilis var. [unnamed] F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Livistona melanocarpa Burret (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Brock_1993 (11), Cooper_2013 (13), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (5), Nano_2011 (1), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 67 records in 13 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 (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10.33 mm (9-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (9-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); purple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 1125 mm (1000-1500 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1250 mm (900-1600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 155 cm (120-200 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Brock_1993]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (4); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Brock_1993]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyynnnn (2) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): apical_buds (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.57 {delta}[ppth] (-29.57--29.57 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 16.25 m (10-20 m) [sources: Brock_1993; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231116Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Brock_1993811J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
NTH_202355D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Schmidt_200322S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Nano_201111C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.