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Lophostemon confertus

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Lophostemon confertus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.

Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lophostemon arborescens Schott (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lophostemon australe C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania arborescens Sweet (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania conferta R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Tristania conferta R.Br. var. conferta (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Tristania conferta var. fibrosa F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania conferta var. microcarpa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania conferta var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania depressa A.Cunn. ex Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania depressa DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania depressa Link (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania griffithii Kurz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania macrophylla A.Cunn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tristania subverticillata H.L.Wendl. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW (native and naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Benwell_2024 (4), Campbell_2006 (6), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (13), Draper_2023 (3), EsperonRodriguez_2019 (70), EsperonRodriguez_2020 (200), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (4), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kooyman_2011 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Portelli_2023 (32), Sams_2017 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2023 (1), Stewart_1995 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westman_1977 (22), Wright_2000 (10), Zanne_2009 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 94 traits from 466 records in 28 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 461.72 mg (444.72-486.22 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10.75 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 7179.93 mm2 (3412.3-11929.01 mm2) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2019; EsperonRodriguez_2020; Portelli_2023]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 127.5 mm (70-175 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 38.75 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 915.46 mg (276.6-1996 mg) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2019; EsperonRodriguez_2020; Portelli_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.25 cm (2-2.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 119.4 g/m2 (53.18-184.98 g/m2) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2019; EsperonRodriguez_2020; Portelli_2023; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (8) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Stewart_1995; 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; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (2); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Stephens_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): flying_vertebrates (1); passive (2) [sources: Campbell_2006; Draper_2023; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (2); yyyyynnyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (2) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13.18 mg/g (9-24 mg/g) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2020; Westman_1977]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.75 mg/g (0.7-0.8 mg/g) [sources: Westman_1977]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.68 {delta}[ppth] (-31.22--24.82 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2020; Stewart_1995]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.88 mg (0.19-8.2 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.42 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.3 mm (0.61-2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): comma-shaped (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.66 mg/mm3 (0.14-0.95 mg/mm3) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2020; Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Portelli_2023; Zanne_2009]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0.01 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: EsperonRodriguez_2020]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 40 m (40-40 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
EsperonRodriguez_202010200M. Esperon-Rodriguez, P. D. Rymer, S. A. Power, A. Challis, R. M. Marchin, and M. G. Tjoelker. “Functional adaptations and trait plasticity of urban trees along a climatic gradient”. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 54 (2020), p. art126771. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126771.
EsperonRodriguez_2019770M. Esperon-Rodriguez, S. A. Power, M. G. Tjoelker, and P. D. Rymer. “Unpublished data: Data from 'Which Plant Where Living Labs' research projects”. 2019.
Portelli_20231132A. M. Portelli, S. M. Windecker, L. J. Pollock, W. C. Neal, W. K. Morris, R. Khot, and P. A. Vesk. “From mallees to mountain ash, specific leaf area is coordinated with eucalypt tree stature, resprouting, stem construction, and fruit size”. Australian Journal of Botany 71.8 (2023). Ed. by D. Williams, pp. 506-522. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23028.
Westman_19771122W. Westman and R. V. Roggers. “Nutrient stocks in a subtropical eucalypt forest, North Stradbroke Island”. Austral Ecology 2.4 (1977), pp. 447-460. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1977.tb01160.x.
NHNSW_20231420N. 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/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221717L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Kooyman_20111014R. 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.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Wright_20001010I. 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.
Stewart_199568G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Campbell_200666M. L. Campbell and P. J. Clarke. “Response of montane wet sclerophyll forest understorey species to fire- evidence from high and low intensity fires”. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127 (2006), pp. 63-73. doi: unknown.
NSWFRD_201456B. 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.
Sams_201755M. 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.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Gross_200544C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
Ilic_200014J. 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.
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.
Clarke_200923P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Zanne_200911A. E. Zanne, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, D. A. Coomes, J. Ilic, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, R. B. Miller, N. G. Swenson, M. C. Wiemann, and J. Chave. “Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum”. Dryad Digital Repository (2009). doi: 10.5061/dryad.234.