Melicope jonesii
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Family Rutaceae
Taxonomy: Melicope jonesii T.G.Hartley
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Cooper_2013 (11), Gross_2005 (4), Kooyman_2011 (13), Lusk_2012 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 64 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 (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 6.75 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); follicle (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; 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]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 137.5 mm (100-175 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 62.5 mm (40-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- petiole_length (numerical): 8 cm (5-11 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 30.97 g/m2 (30.97-30.97 g/m2) [sources: Lusk_2012]
- leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 15.28 mm2/mg (15.28-15.28 mm2/mg) [sources: Lusk_2012]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (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): ynnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
- stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 16.7 um (12.9-20.5 um) [sources: Lusk_2012]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 35 m (35-35 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 16 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Kooyman_2011 | 9 | 13 | 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. |
| Lusk_2012 | 6 | 10 | C. H. Lusk, J. W. G. Kelly, and S. M. Gleason. “Light requirements of Australian tropical vs. cool-temperate rainforest tree species show different relationships with seedling growth and functional traits”. Annals of Botany 111 (2012), pp. 479-488. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcs289. |
| 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. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |