Notelaea longifolia

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Family Oleaceae

Taxonomy: Notelaea longifolia Vent.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Postuera longifolia (Vent.) Raf. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (15), Gardiner_2019 (40), Gosper_2004 (1), Gross_2005 (4), Hughes_1992 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Kooyman_2011 (14), Kubiak_2009 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), Niinemets_2009 (50), RadfordSmith_2024 (40), Sams_2017 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (1), Wright_2009 (26), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 117 traits from 290 records in 25 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; Kubiak_2009]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (2); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (8-16 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); blue (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2526.55 mm2 (1132.7-4410 mm2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Niinemets_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_length (numerical): 97.5 mm (35-160 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 38.5 mm (8-80 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 239.61 mg (158.28-329.73 mg) [sources: Gardiner_2019; RadfordSmith_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 152.32 g/m2 (76.45-197.63 g/m2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Niinemets_2009; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.46 g/g (0.32-0.55 g/g) [sources: Gardiner_2019; RadfordSmith_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_lanceolate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1); tree (7) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (4) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; RadfordSmith_2024; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (2); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnynnn (1); nnnyyyynnnnn (1); nnnyyyyyyynn (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Baker_2019; Clarke_2015]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 6.9 mg/g (6.3-7.5 mg/g) [sources: Niinemets_2009]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.29 mg/g (0.27-0.31 mg/g) [sources: Niinemets_2009]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -33.52 {delta}[ppth] (-34.04--33 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Niinemets_2009]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 2.9 umol{CO2}/m2/s (2.38-3.42 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Niinemets_2009]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.02 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.01-0.02 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Niinemets_2009]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 9 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.76 mg/mm3 (0.46-0.87 mg/mm3) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 7.5 m (3-9 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Niinemets_2009	26	50	Ü. Niinemets, I. J. Wright, and J. R. Evans. “Leaf mesophyll diffusion conductance in 35 Australian sclerophylls covering a broad range of foliage structural and physiological variation”. Journal of Experimental Botany 60 (2009), pp. 2433-2449. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erp045.
Gardiner_2019	8	40	R. Gardiner, L. P. Shoo, and J. M. Dwyer. “Look to seedling heights, rather than functional traits, to explain survival during extreme heat stress in the early stages of subtropical rainforest restoration”. Journal of Applied Ecology 56.12 (2019), pp. 2687-2697. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13505.
RadfordSmith_2024	15	40	J. 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.
Wright_2009	13	26	I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Leaf pigment and reflectance data for sclerophylls, Macquarie University”. 2009.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	15	18	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2023	12	16	N. 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/.
Cooper_2013	12	15	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	10	14	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.
Sams_2017	8	9	M. 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.
Butler_2004	5	5	D. 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.
Benwell_2024	4	4	A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Gross_2005	4	4	C. 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.
Hughes_1992	4	4	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kubiak_2009	3	4	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. 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.
Baker_2019	2	2	A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Gosper_2004	1	1	C. R. Gosper. “Fruit characteristics of invasive bitou bush, Chrysanthemoides monilifera (Asteraceae), and a comparison with co-occurring native plant species”. Australian Journal of Botany 52.2 (2004), pp. 223-230. doi: 10.1071/bt03046.
Ilic_2000	1	1	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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. 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.