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Melicope micrococca

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Melicope micrococca (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ampacus micrococca Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Ampacus micrococcus (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Euodia micrococca F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Euodia micrococca F.Muell. var. micrococca (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Euodia micrococca var. pubescens L.R.Fraser & Vickery (taxonomic synonym)
  • Evodia micrococca F.Sulman (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Evodia micrococca var. pubescens L.R.Fraser & Vickery (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (5), Butler_2004 (5), Campbell_2006 (6), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (10), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (14), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Lusk_2010 (18), Morgan_2005 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (6), RadfordSmith_2024 (42), Sams_2017 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 187 records in 24 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 (3) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.83 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); follicle (3); mericarp (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); grey (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3183.84 mm2 (140-7128 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995; Morgan_2005; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 761.17 mm2 (681.71-820.01 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 77.5 mm (25-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 29.83 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 61.42 mg (50.14-73.98 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 5 cm (1-9.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 77.93 g/m2 (37.3-144.55 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995; Lusk_2010; Morgan_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.28 g/g (0.23-0.36 g/g) [sources: Lusk_2010; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); oblong (1); obovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2); cuneate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (2); barochory (1); endozoochory (1); myrmecochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); passive (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; Cooper_2013; NSWFRD_2014; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnny (2); yyynnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Campbell_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (3); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.63 mg (2.27-7.01 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.21 mm (2.5-4 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.39 mm (2.66-4 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.49 mg/mm3 (0.36-0.56 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Morgan_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 26.2 m (10-35 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241742J. 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.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Lusk_2010918C. H. Lusk, Y. Onoda, R. Kooyman, and A. Gutiurrez-Giron. “Reconciling species-level vs plastic responses of evergreen leaf structure to light gradients: shade leaves punch above their weight”. New Phytologist 186.2 (2010), pp. 429-438. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03202.x.
NHNSW_20231317N. 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/.
Kooyman_20111014R. 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_2013810W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Sams_201777M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
Campbell_200666M. L. Campbell and P. J. Clarke. “Response of montane wet sclerophyll forest understorey species to fire- evidence from high and low intensity fires”. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127 (2006), pp. 63-73. doi: unknown.
Leishman_199566M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NSWFRD_201466B. 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_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Morgan_200555H. Morgan. “Root system architecture, water use and rainfall responses of perennial species”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005.
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.
Clarke_200923P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
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.
Ilic_200013J. 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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.