AusTraits

Myoporum montanum

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Taxonomy: Myoporum montanum R.Br.

Synonyms: 15 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Myoporum acuminatum f. angustifolium (Benth.) Siebert & Voss (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum acuminatum f. parviflorum (Benth.) Siebert & Voss (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum acuminatum var. angustifolium Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum acuminatum var. montanum (R.Br.) Ostenf. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myoporum acuminatum var. parviflorum Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum cunninghamii Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum cyanantherum A.Cunn. ex A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum dampieri A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum glabrum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum papuanum Kraenzl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum punctulatum Schltdl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum tenuifolium subsp. (Marlborough R.J.Chinnock+ 8435) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum tenuifolium var. angustifolium (Benth.) Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myoporum tenuifolium var. montanum (R.Br.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myoporum tenuifolium var. parviflorum (Benth.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Myoporum acuminatum R.Br. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Chinnock_2007 (15), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Cooper_2013 (11), Curtis_2012 (14), Dong_2017 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2018 (5), Fonseca_2000 (13), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Leishman_1992 (7), McGlone_2015 (6), Moles_2003 (4), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (11), Nano_2011 (4), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (1), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2012 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 75 traits from 213 records in 35 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); resprouts (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020; Williams_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011; Williams_2012]
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): 5.88 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.83 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5.75 mm (4-7.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): purple (3); red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 631.4 mm2 (192.1-1288.6 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 91.5 mm (30-140 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; McGlone_2015; Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (2-38 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 94.27 mg (34-133 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 178.58 g/m2 (78.74-312.5 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Dong_2017; Dwyer_2018; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.19-0.19 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (4); lanceolate (3); linear (2) [sources: Chinnock_2007; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (12); tree (8) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Cooper_2013; Curtis_2012; Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1992; McGlone_2015; Moles_2003; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: Curtis_2012; Leishman_1992; Moles_2003; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); spreading (1) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyynn (1); nnnnyyyyyyyy (1); nyyyyyyyyynn (1); yynnnyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • seed_viability (numerical): 0.21 {count}/{count} (0.21-0.21 {count}/{count}) [sources: Moles_2003]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011; Williams_2012]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 14.34 mg/g (14.34-14.34 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -24.36 {delta}[ppth] (-24.36--24.36 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.3 mg (0.96-1.64 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.23 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.31 mm (0.6-4 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chinnock_2007; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chinnock_2007]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.57-0.62 mg/mm3) [sources: Dwyer_2018]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 6.44 m (3-8 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1992; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

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/.
RBGV_20231216VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Chinnock_20071015R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165.
Curtis_20121414E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
Fonseca_2000513C. 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.
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_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NTH_2023911D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Dong_201788N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
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.
Dwyer_201825J. M. Dwyer and R. Mason. “Plant community responses to thinning in densely regenerating Acacia harpophylla forest”. Restoration Ecology 26.1 (2018), pp. 97-105. doi: 10.1111/rec.12536.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Moles_200344A. T. Moles, D. I. Warton, and M. Westoby. “Seed size and survival in the soil in arid Australia”. Austral Ecology 28.5 (2003), pp. 575-585. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01314.x.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Nano_201134C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Williams_201244P. R. Williams, M. Parsons, R. Jensen, and C. Tran. “Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests”. Austral Ecology 37.2 (2012), pp. 268-275. ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02271.x.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
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_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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Sweedman_200611L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.