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Monotoca elliptica

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Family Ericaceae

Taxonomy: Monotoca elliptica (Sm.) R.Br.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lissanthe mucronata DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Monotaca albeus Macarthur & C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
  • Monotoca albens R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Styphelia elliptica Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (6), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Falster_2005_2 (10), Fonseca_2000 (9), Gosper_2004 (7), Hughes_1992 (4), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kubiak_2009 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (8), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Wright_2000 (4), Yang_2023 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 61 traits from 163 records in 25 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): fire_killed (6); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Falster_2005_2; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Yang_2023]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 4 mg (4-4 mg) [sources: Gosper_2004]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.35 mm (2.5-4 mm) [sources: Gosper_2004; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.2 mm (3.2-3.2 mm) [sources: Gosper_2004]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (2); red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 46.35 mm2 (13.5-108.38 mm2) [sources: Falster_2005_2; Fonseca_2000; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 18.83 mm (9-25 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.9 mm (1.9-7 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 3 mg (3-3 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.14 cm (0.08-0.2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 154.25 g/m2 (127-188.68 g/m2) [sources: Falster_2005_2; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (2); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8); tree (4) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3); zoochory (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (3); vertebrates (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyynnn (3); nnnnnyyyynnn (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 8.06 mg (2.16-25.16 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (2.25-2.25 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.55 mg/mm3 (0.55-0.55 mg/mm3) [sources: Falster_2005_2]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Falster_2005_2]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201938M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231216N. 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/.
RBGV_20231216VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Falster_2005_2710D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Tradeoffs between height growth rate, stem persistence and maximum height among plant species in a post-fire succession”. Oikos 111 (2005), pp. 57-66. doi: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13383.x.
Fonseca_200059C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
NSWFRD_201488B. 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.
Gosper_200457C. R. Gosper. “Fruit characteristics of invasive bitou bush, Chrysanthemoides monilifera (Asteraceae), and a comparison with co-occurring native plant species”. Australian Journal of Botany 52.2 (2004), pp. 223-230. doi: 10.1071/bt03046.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Cheal_201766D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
Wright_200044I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Yang_202334S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Mokany_201533K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Clarke_201522P. 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.
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.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Kubiak_200911P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.