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Melaleuca nodosa

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm.

Synonyms: 16 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Callistemon juniperinus (Rchb. ex Spreng.) Heynh. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca juniperina Rchb. ex DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca juniperina Sieber ex Rchb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca juniperoides DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. var. nodosa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Melaleuca nodosa var. tenuifolia (DC.) A.R.Penfold (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca tenuifolia DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Metrosideros gracilis Salisb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Metrosideros juniperina Rchb. ex Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Metrosideros juniperinus Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Metrosideros juniperoides DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Metrosideros nodosa Sol. ex Gaertn. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Metrosideros pungens Rchb. ex Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Metrosiderosideros juniperina Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Metrosiderosideros pungens Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myrtoleucodendron nodosum (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Bloomfield_2018 (248), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Duncan_1998 (14), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (4), Kubiak_2009 (4), McCarthy_2017 (15), Mesaglio_2022 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Roderick_1999 (3), Schmidt_1997 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 86 traits from 363 records in 20 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 (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 19.97 mm2 (14.7-34.43 mm2) [sources: Duncan_1998; McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2.8 mg (2.8-2.8 mg) [sources: Duncan_1998]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.1-0.1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 296.11 g/m2 (119-570 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Duncan_1998; McCarthy_2017; Roderick_1999]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.43 g/g (0.38-0.52 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Duncan_1998]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblong (1); terete (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Duncan_1998; Schmidt_1997]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Schmidt_1997; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (2); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 10.38 mg/g (7.6-18.01 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Roderick_1999; Schmidt_1997]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.54 mg/g (0.35-0.74 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.89 {delta}[ppth] (-31.56--29.61 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.08 mg (0.06-0.1 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.86 mm (0.86-0.86 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): comma-shaped (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.62 mg/mm3 (0.56-0.68 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.5 m (1-4 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Bloomfield_201824248K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
NHNSW_20231319N. 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/.
McCarthy_2017315J. 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.
Duncan_19981414D. H. Duncan. “Unpublished data: Structural basis of variation in leaf mass per area in three plant clades, Macquarie University”. 1998.
Schmidt_19971113S. Schmidt and G. Stewart. “Waterlogging and fire impacts on nitrogen availability and utilization in a subtropical wet heathland (wallum)”. Plant, Cell and Environment 20.10 (1997), pp. 1231-1241. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-20.x.
Wright_200099I. 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.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Kew_2019_614Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kubiak_200934P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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.
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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
Roderick_199933M. L. Roderick, S. L. Berry, and I. R. Noble. “The relationship between leaf composition and morphology at elevated CO2 concentrations”. New Phytologist 143.1 (1999), pp. 63-72. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00438.x.
Mesaglio_202212T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.