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Neolitsea dealbata

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Family Lauraceae

Taxonomy: Neolitsea dealbata (R.Br.) Merr.

Synonyms: 16 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bryantea dealbata (R.Br.) Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Litsaea baueri Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Litsaea dealbata var. glabrata Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Litsaea dealbata var. incisa Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Litsaea dealbata var. rufa Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Litsea baueri Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Litsea dealbata (R.Br.) Steud. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Litsea dealbata (R.Br.) Steud. var. dealbata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Litsea dealbata var. glabrata Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Litsea dealbata var. incisa Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Litsea dealbata var. rufa Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Litsea dealbata var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Litsea rufa Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Malapoenna dealbata (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Tetradenia baueri (Endl.) Pax (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tetranthera dealbata R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (2), Cooper_2013 (15), Falster_2005_1 (10), Fonseca_2000 (9), Gray_2019 (60), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_2008 (3), Hughes_2005 (5), Jagdish_2020 (7), Kanowski_2000 (118), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (8), Leishman_2007 (7), Metcalfe_2009 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), Pickup_2005 (5), RadfordSmith_2024 (40), Sams_2017 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tng_2013 (6), Wells_2012 (101), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2004 (13), Williams_2012 (3), Wright_2000 (7), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 126 traits from 535 records in 36 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): resprouts (5) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Metcalfe_2009; Williams_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 9.75 mm (8-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9.62 mm (8-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (1); drupe (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (7) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 6156.45 mm2 (2761.8-11220 mm2) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Fonseca_2000; Kanowski_2000; Metcalfe_2009; Pickup_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Tng_2013; Wells_2012; Westoby_2004]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 137.5 mm (70-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 50.58 mm (25-85 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 404.77 mg (147.91-739.82 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RadfordSmith_2024; Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.4 cm (0.7-2.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 105.73 g/m2 (43.06-502.51 g/m2) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Fonseca_2000; Gray_2019; Grubb_2008; Kanowski_2000; Leishman_2007; Pickup_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Tng_2013; Wells_2012; Westoby_2004]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 8.56 mm2/mg (8.56-8.56 mm2/mg) [sources: Pickup_2005]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.45 g/g (0.34-0.49 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.1 g/g (1.1-1.1 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; Westoby_2004]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_2007; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • 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 (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyynnnnnn (2); nnyyyyynnnnn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Baker_2019; Williams_2012]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 16.51 mg/g (12.45-23.67 mg/g) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Gray_2019; Grubb_2008; Kanowski_2000; Leishman_2007]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.35 mg/g (0.89-1.88 mg/g) [sources: Gray_2019; Kanowski_2000]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -33.48 {delta}[ppth] (-33.48--33.48 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Tng_2013]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 180.04 mg (112.03-208.06 mg) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
  • seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.48 mg/mm3 (0.35-0.63 mg/mm3) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Hughes_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Pickup_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Tng_2013; Wells_2012; Westoby_2004]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Pickup_2005]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 571 {count}/mm2 (571-571 {count}/mm2) [sources: Hughes_2005]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 16 um (16-16 um) [sources: Hughes_2005]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.14 mm2/mm2 (0.14-0.14 mm2/mm2) [sources: Hughes_2005]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Kanowski_200024118J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
Wells_201222101J. 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.
Gray_20191260E. F. Gray, I. J. Wright, D. S. Falster, A. S. D. Eller, C. E. R. Lehmann, M. G. Bradford, and L. A. Cernusak. “Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits together explain substantial growth rate variation in rainforest trees”. AoB PLANTS 11.3 (2019), pp. 1-11. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plz024.
RadfordSmith_20241540J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221721L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Metcalfe_20091818E. 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_20231015Australian 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_20231013N. 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/.
Westoby_2004413M. Westoby. “Unpublished data: Trait data for plant species at Mt Wellington and Sea Acres, Macquarie University”. 2004.
Falster_2005_1710D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia”. Journal of Ecology 93 (2005), pp. 521-535. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.x.
Fonseca_200059C. 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_201168R. 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.
Jagdish_202027A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
Leishman_200777M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
Sams_201767M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
Wright_200047I. 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.
Tng_201366D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
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.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Hughes_200555K. Hughes. “Unpublished data: Wood and stem density data for Australian plant species, Macquarie University”. 2005.
Pickup_200555M. Pickup, M. Westoby, and A. Basden. “Dry mass costs of deploying leaf area in relation to leaf size”. Functional Ecology 19.1 (2005), pp. 88-97. doi: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00927.x.
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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.
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Grubb_200833P. 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.
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Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Clarke_201522P. 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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.