AusTraits

Owenia cepiodora

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Family Meliaceae

Taxonomy: Owenia cepiodora F.Muell.

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

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (12), Ilic_2000 (1), Kooyman_2011 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (21), NSWFRD_2014 (11), RadfordSmith_2024 (40), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 139 records in 14 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 45899.54 mm2 (41139.25-52508.83 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 2294.98 mm2 (2056.96-2625.44 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 204.17 mm (70-600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (15-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 141.44 mg (84.3-228.06 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 7.5 cm (5-10 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 59.74 g/m2 (40.27-84.99 g/m2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.3 g/g (0.26-0.33 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; NSWFRD_2014; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); nnnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 9.5 mm (7-12 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 8.25 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.49 mg/mm3 (0.43-0.55 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 32.5 m (30-40 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241440J. 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.
NHNSW_20231321N. 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/.
ABRS_20231218Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_20111014R. 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.
Cooper_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NSWFRD_20141111B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. 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_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.
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.
Ilic_200011J. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.