Normanbya normanbyi

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Family Arecaceae

Taxonomy: Normanbya normanbyi (W.Hill) L.H.Bailey

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)

Areca normanbyi (W.Hill) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Cocos normanbyi W.Hill (nomenclatural synonym)
Drymophloeus normanbyi (W.Hill) F.M.Bailey (nomenclatural synonym)
Normanbya australasicus (H.Wendl. & Drude) Baill. (taxonomic synonym)
Normanbya australis Baill. (taxonomic synonym)
Ptychosperma normanbyanum Benth. & Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
Ptychosperma normanbyi (W.Hill) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Saguaster normanbyi (W.Hill) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (12), ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2015 (48), Buckton_2019 (112), Cheesman_2020 (29), Cooper_2013 (11), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_5 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (13). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 62 traits from 240 records in 13 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): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 45 mm (30-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 10772.05 mm2 (4713.92-21479 mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_length (numerical): 900.49 mm (261.7-2500 mm) [sources: Apgaua_2015; ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 23.38 mm (21.4-28.5 mm) [sources: Apgaua_2015]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1573.07 mg (1056.73-2367.24 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 110.09 g/m2 (45.69-143 g/m2) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.41 g/g (0.37-0.44 g/g) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Buckton_2019]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (4); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Kew_2019_5]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); cassowaries (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.44 mg/g (14.63-19.42 mg/g) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.95 {delta}[ppth] (-34.78--27.6 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 35 mm (35-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
seed_width (numerical): 25 mm (25-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): cylindrical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.78 mg/mm3 (0.39-1.08 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2015; Buckton_2019; Ilic_2000]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 0.64 {count}/mm2 (0.45-0.84 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2015]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 329.7 um (302.37-390.17 um) [sources: Apgaua_2015]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.05 mm2/mm2 (0.03-0.06 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2015]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 30 m (30-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Buckton_2019	26	112	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.
Apgaua_2015	12	48	D. M. G. Apgaua, F. Y. Ishida, D. Y. P. Tng, M. J. Laidlaw, R. M. Santos, R. Rumman, D. Eamus, J. A. M. Holtum, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Functional traits and water transport strategies in lowland tropical rainforest trees”. PLoS One 10.6 (2015), p. e0130799. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130799.
Cheesman_2020	12	29	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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	9	13	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	10	12	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	11	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Ilic_2000	1	3	J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
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_5	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the 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.