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Myoporum acuminatum

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Taxonomy: Myoporum acuminatum R.Br.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Myoporum acuminatum R.Br. f. acuminatum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myoporum acuminatum R.Br. var. acuminatum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myoporum sp. (Tinaroo Range V.K.Moriarty 302) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum sp. Tinaroo Range (V.K.Moriarty 302) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum tenuifolium var. acuminatum (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (15), Clarke_2015 (4), Collette_2021 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Crowley_2007 (2), Cunningham_1999 (14), Draper_2023 (3), Hughes_1992 (4), Kooyman_2011 (13), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (5), RBGK_2014 (1), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 62 traits from 148 records in 23 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 (1); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.92 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5.75 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); purple (2); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 99 mm (30-180 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 21.81 mm (1.5-40.3 mm) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 104.28 g/m2 (104.28-104.28 g/m2) [sources: Cunningham_1999]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.19-0.19 g/g) [sources: Cunningham_1999]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); linear (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (6) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; Hughes_1992; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1); nnnnnyyyyyyn (3); nnnnyyyynnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 17.01 mg (17.01-17.01 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.42 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.42 mm (0.8-2 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231217N. 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/.
Chinnock_20071015R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165.
Cunningham_19991414S. A. Cunningham, B. Summerhayes, and M. Westoby. “Evolutionary divergences in leaf structure and chemistry, comparing rainfall and soil nutrient gradients”. Ecological Monographs 69 (1999), pp. 569-588. doi: [10.1890/0012-9615(1999)069[0569:EDILSA]2.0.CO;2](https://doi.org/10.1890%2F0012-9615%281999%29069%5B0569%3AEDILSA%5D2.0.CO%3B2).
SAH_20231014S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Kooyman_2011913R. 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_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NSWFRD_201445B. 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.
Clarke_201534P. 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.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
SAH_201424J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
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/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
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.
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.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.