Lophostemon suaveolens

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Lophostemon suaveolens (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Homaliopsis forbesii S.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
Lophostemon depressus Schott (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Melaleuca suaveolens Sol. ex Gaertn. (nomenclatural synonym)
Tristania glaberrima Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Tristania rhytiphloia F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Tristania suaveolens (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
Tristania suaveolens (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. var. suaveolens (nomenclatural synonym)
Tristania suaveolens var. glabrescens F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Tristania suaveolens var. vulgaris Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (11), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (5), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), Lawson_2015 (2), Metcalfe_2009 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tng_2013 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (78), Williams_2012 (3), Wright_2000 (6), Zanne_2009 (2), Zieminska_2013 (30), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 92 traits from 255 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Williams_2012]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3); fleshy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4405.25 mm2 (2614-6630 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Tng_2013; Westoby_2014]
leaf_length (numerical): 116.25 mm (55-170 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (25-65 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 137.69 g/m2 (61.8-206.13 g/m2) [sources: Tng_2013; Westoby_2014; Zieminska_2015]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (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: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
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]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (2); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.89 mg/g (12.81-12.96 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.69 mg/g (0.59-0.79 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.5 {delta}[ppth] (-30.74--27.29 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Tng_2013; Westoby_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.6 mg (0.05-1.29 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 1.92 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.47-0.76 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Lawson_2015; Metcalfe_2009; Tng_2013; Westoby_2014; Zanne_2009; Zieminska_2013; Zieminska_2015]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 262.28 {count}/mm2 (142.18-487.02 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2013; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 31.55 um (21.19-40.33 um) [sources: Zieminska_2013; Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.17 mm2/mm2 (0.14-0.2 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2013; Zieminska_2015]

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
Westoby_2014	34	78	S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
Zieminska_2015	12	36	K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
Zieminska_2013	10	30	K. Ziemińska, D. W. Butler, S. M. Gleason, I. J. Wright, and M. Westoby. “Fibre wall and lumen fractions drive wood density variation across 24 Australian angiosperms”. AoB PLANTS 5 (2013), p. plt046. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plt046.
NHNSW_2023	14	20	N. 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/.
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.
Kooyman_2011	8	12	R. 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_2013	9	11	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Tng_2013	6	6	D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
Wright_2000	6	6	I. 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.
Ilic_2000	1	5	J. 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.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. 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.
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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. 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.
Kew_2019_1	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	B. 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.
Williams_2012	3	3	P. R. Williams, M. Parsons, R. Jensen, and C. Tran. “Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests”. Austral Ecology 37.2 (2012), pp. 268-275. ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02271.x.
Lawson_2015	1	2	J. R. Lawson, K. A. Fryirs, and M. R. Leishman. “Data from: Hydrological conditions explain wood density in riparian plants of south-eastern Australia”. Dryad Digital Repository (2015). doi: 10.5061/dryad.72h45.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Zanne_2009	1	2	A. 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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.