Metrosideros excelsa
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NI (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (23), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 56 records in 7 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): 8.5 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 70.83 mm (25-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); oblong (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 11 m (10-12 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 15 | 23 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| RBGV_2023 | 13 | 17 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 5 | 5 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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. |
| 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. |