Myristica globosa subsp. muelleri

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Family Myristicaceae

Taxonomy: Myristica globosa subsp. muelleri (Warb.) W.J.de Wilde

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Myristica cimicifera var. muelleri (Warb.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
Myristica muelleri Warb. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), ATRP_2020 (1), Bloomfield_2018 (330), Buckton_2019 (124), Cheesman_2020 (93), Metcalfe_2009 (19), Wells_2012 (98), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 85 traits from 692 records in 11 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) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 6649.78 mm2 (2303.34-12550 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 135 mm (70-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 529.62 mg (118.39-1097.6 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019; Wells_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.05 cm (0.6-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 97.58 g/m2 (51.4-151.5 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.37 g/g (0.27-0.46 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Buckton_2019; Wells_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.78 mg/g (12.97-21.67 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.85 mg/g (0.67-1.52 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.65 {delta}[ppth] (-36.78--28.39 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 14.31 umol{CO2}/m2/s (4.06-21.65 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.13 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.04-0.21 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
leaf_stomatal_conductance_per_area_at_Amax (numerical): 80.58 mmol{H2O}/m2/s (7.3-234 mmol{H2O}/m2/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 840 mg (840-840 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.45 mg/mm3 (0.38-0.52 mg/mm3) [sources: Buckton_2019; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 25 m (25-25 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Bloomfield_2018	24	330	K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
Buckton_2019	26	124	G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.
Wells_2012	23	98	J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Cheesman_2020	12	93	A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
ABRS_2023	14	19	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Metcalfe_2009	19	19	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	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/.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.