Metrosideros sclerocarpa

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Metrosideros sclerocarpa J.W.Dawson

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Metrosideros sp. aff. collina (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. (misapplied)
Metrosideros villosa Sm. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): LHI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 44 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): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (30-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 24.5 mm (17-32 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 10 m (10-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

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.
NHNSW_2023	10	14	N. 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/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
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.