Opisthiolepis heterophylla

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Opisthiolepis heterophylla L.S.Sm.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Chen_2017 (4), Cooper_2013 (14), Gross_2005 (4), Grubb_2008 (3), Ilic_2000 (3), Jordan_2015 (4), Jordan_2020 (16), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_4 (1), Kooyman_2011 (14), Sams_2017 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (118), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (15). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 79 traits from 235 records in 20 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 (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 68.75 mm (45-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 30 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): follicle (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5); indehiscent (1) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 14130.28 mm2 (1971.97-43516.8 mm2) [sources: Jordan_2020; Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 367.5 mm (60-600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 62.5 mm (20-105 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 488.42 mg (88.28-901.15 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 3.1 cm (1.2-5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 89.84 g/m2 (41.21-150.6 g/m2) [sources: Grubb_2008; Jordan_2020; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.32 g/g (0.22-0.42 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.3 g/g (2.3-2.3 g/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); oblong (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1); oblique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_stomatal_density_abaxial (numerical): 250.32 {count}/mm2 (250.32-250.32 {count}/mm2) [sources: Jordan_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2015; Jordan_2020; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); wind (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.5 mg/g (15.5-15.5 mg/g) [sources: Grubb_2008]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 180 mg (180-180 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (40-90 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 20 mm (20-20 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.49 mg/mm3 (0.39-0.52 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]

whole plant morphology

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

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	23	118	J. 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.
ABRS_2023	11	16	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Jordan_2020	16	16	G. J. Jordan, R. J. Carpenter, B. R. Holland, N. J. Beeton, M. D. Woodhams, and T. J. Brodribb. “Links between environment and stomatal size through evolutionary time in Proteaceae”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287.1919 (2020), p. 20192876. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2876.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	14	15	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cooper_2013	11	14	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	9	10	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.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, 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.
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.
Jordan_2015	4	4	G. J. Jordan, R. J. Carpenter, A. Koutoulis, A. Price, and T. J. Brodribb. “Environmental adaptation in stomatal size independent of the effects of genome size”. New Phytologist 205.2 (2015), pp. 608-617. doi: 10.1111/nph.13076.
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.
Grubb_2008	3	3	P. 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.
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.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_4	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from 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.
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.