Myrsine urceolata

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Family Primulaceae

Taxonomy: Myrsine urceolata R.Br.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Fialaris umbellata Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)
Rapanea sp. (Bloomfield V.Scarth-Johnson 223A) (taxonomic synonym)
Rapanea urceolata (R.Br.) Mez (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (22), ATRP_2020 (1), Cooper_2013 (13), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 60 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_height (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; 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 (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 123.75 mm (50-195 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 44 mm (15-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.55 cm (0.3-0.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 13.08 mg (13.08-13.08 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 6.42 m (1.5-9 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	15	22	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	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.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	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.
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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. 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.