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Neisosperma poweri

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Neisosperma poweri (F.M.Bailey) Fosberg & Sachet

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Neiosperma poweri Fosberg & Sachet (orthographic variant)
  • Ochrosia newelliana F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ochrosia poweri F.M.Bailey (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (15), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_1996 (3), Grubb_2008 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (128), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (4), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 69 traits from 245 records in 17 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 0.4 cm (0.4-0.4 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 35 mm (25-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 14.5 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 14.5 mm (14-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3954.46 mm2 (1319.94-7530.72 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 116.25 mm (60-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 38.75 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 176.42 mg (51.5-348.4 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 45.02 g/m2 (31.67-53.24 g/m2) [sources: Grubb_2008; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.18 g/g (0.14-0.21 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 3.3 g/g (3.3-3.3 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (2); obtriangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1); whorled (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Grubb_1996; Kooyman_2011; Wells_2012; 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]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): butterfly (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Grubb_1996]
  • dispersers (categorical): bats (1); birds (1); cassowaries (1); mammals (2); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyynnnnnnn (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 595 mg (190-1000 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 31 mm (22-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 11.75 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.43 mg/mm3 (0.34-0.61 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 9.6 m (9-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wells_201222128J. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221518L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231417Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_20241115N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Gross_200544C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
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_200034I. 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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Grubb_199633P. J. Grubb and D. J. Metcalfe. “Adaptation and inertia in the Australian tropical lowland rain-forest flora: Contradictory trends in intergeneric and intrageneric comparisons of seed size in relation to light demand”. Functional Ecology 10 (1996), pp. 512-520. doi: 10.2307/2389944.
Grubb_200822P. J. Grubb, R. V. Jackson, I. M. Barberis, J. N. Bee, D. A. Coomes, N. J. Dominy, M. A. S. D. L. Fuente, P. W. Lucas, D. J. Metcalfe, J. Svenning, I. M. Turner, and O. Vargas. “Monocot leaves are eaten less than dicot leaves in tropical lowland rain forests: Correlations with toughness and leaf presentation”. Annals of Botany 101 (2008), pp. 1379-1389. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcn047.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.