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Melastoma cyanoides

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Family Melastomataceae

Taxonomy: Melastoma cyanoides Sm.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Otanthera bracteata Korth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Otanthera queenslandica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Othanthera bracteata Korth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Cooper_2013 (13), Falster_2005_1 (10), Kooyman_2011 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 58 records in 9 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): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.25 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8.5 mm (6-16 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (1); capsule (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1); fleshy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 4009 mm2 (4009-4009 mm2) [sources: Falster_2005_1]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 120 mm (60-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (25-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 46 g/m2 (46-46 g/m2) [sources: Falster_2005_1]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.07 mg (0.07-0.07 mg) [sources: Falster_2005_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): sinusoidal (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.38 mg/mm3 (0.38-0.38 mg/mm3) [sources: Falster_2005_1]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Falster_2005_1]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231113Australian 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.
Kooyman_2011811R. 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.
Falster_2005_1710D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia”. Journal of Ecology 93 (2005), pp. 521-535. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.