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Mallotus claoxyloides

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Mallotus claoxyloides (F.Muell.) Müll.Arg.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Echinocroton claoxyloides F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Echinus claoxyloides (F.Muell.) Baill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Echinus claoxyloides (F.Muell.) Baill. var. claoxyloides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Echinus claoxyloides var. genuina Baill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mallotus chlaoxyloides F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
  • Mallotus claoxyloides (F.Muell.) Müll.Arg. f. claoxyloides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Mallotus claoxyloides (F.Muell.) Müll.Arg. var. claoxyloides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Mallotus claoxyloides var. glabratus Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Plagianthera affinis Baill. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (14), Gross_2005 (4), Kooyman_2011 (13), McCarthy_2017 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), RadfordSmith_2024 (39), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 116 records in 14 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): dioecious (3) [sources: Gross_2005; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12 mm (11-13 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 4211.33 mm2 (1404.75-6082.16 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 93.75 mm (35-170 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 351.79 mg (116.5-565.58 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (1-4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 103.24 g/m2 (84.78-115.72 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.37 g/g (0.34-0.38 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (5) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; 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): deciduous (1); evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.57 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.65 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8 m (8-8 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241439J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
Cooper_20131114W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
McCarthy_2017314J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Kooyman_2011913R. 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.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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/.
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.
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.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. 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.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_200011I. 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.