Mezoneuron scortechinii

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Mezoneuron scortechinii F.Muell.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Caesalpinia scortechinii (F.Muell.) Hattink (nomenclatural synonym)
Caesalpinia sp. (Boonjie B.P.Hyland 89179) (taxonomic synonym)
Caesalpinia sp. (Bromley B.P.Hyland 9022) (taxonomic synonym)
Caesalpinia sp. Bromley (B.P.Hyland 9022) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Caesalpinia traceyi Pedley (taxonomic synonym)
Mezoneuron traceyi R.P.Clark (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (7), ABRS_2023 (28), ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2017 (12), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (14), Cooper_2013 (12), Kooyman_2011 (25), McCarthy_2017 (17), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2016 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), RBGK_2014 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (15). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 62 traits from 174 records in 19 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 (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 0.45 cm (0.4-0.5 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 39 mm (30-55 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 28.25 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 26488.57 mm2 (20470.38-32116.9 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
leaf_length (numerical): 34.4 mm (6-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 10.3 mm (3-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 4.5 cm (2-7.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 129.26 g/m2 (103.15-155.5 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (3); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (4); climber_woody (5); shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Apgaua_2017; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); sprawling (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; NHNSW_2016]
dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnyyyyyn (1) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.18 {delta}[ppth] (-31.18--31.18 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 663.49 mg (663.49-663.49 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
seed_length (numerical): 17.3 mm (13-25 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 14.62 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.52 mg/mm3 (0.39-0.66 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; McCarthy_2017]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 28.17 {count}/mm2 (28.17-28.17 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 62.98 um (62.98-62.98 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.09 mm2/mm2 (0.09-0.09 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	28	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	25	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.
NHNSW_2023	11	20	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/.
McCarthy_2017	3	17	J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	14	15	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Chen_2017	8	14	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Cooper_2013	9	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_2022	4	7	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. 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.
Benwell_2024	4	4	A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
ABRS_1981	2	3	B. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
NHNSW_2016	1	1	National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGK_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.