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Palmeria scandens

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Family Monimiaceae

Taxonomy: Palmeria scandens F.Muell.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Palmeria scandens F.Muell. var. scandens (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Palmeria scandens var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2023 (14), ATRP_2020 (1), Benwell_2024 (5), Butler_2004 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (11), Fonseca_2000 (16), Hughes_1992 (4), Hughes_2005 (5), Kooyman_2011 (9), Laxton_2005 (11), Leishman_1995 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (22), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Pickup_2005 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Smith_1996 (115), Stewart_1995 (8), Wells_2012 (55), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 96 traits from 344 records in 27 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 (4) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 0.4 cm (0.2-0.8 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 9.17 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 13.33 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 13.33 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3607.57 mm2 (1154-5368.16 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; Pickup_2005; Smith_1996; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 77.65 mm (20-190 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 47.44 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 157.36 mg (78.13-210 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996; Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.8 cm (0.5-1.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 45.32 g/m2 (28.42-58.14 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; Pickup_2005; Smith_1996; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 13.09 mm2/mg (13.09-13.09 mm2/mg) [sources: Pickup_2005]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.23 g/g (0.19-0.34 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.52 g/g (1.98-3.06 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (2); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 19 deg (10-40 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (3); climber_herbaceous (5); climber_woody (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Stewart_1995; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Leishman_1995; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyynnnn (3); nnnnyyyyynnn (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1); epicormic_buds (1); stem_buds (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.48 mg/g (17-17.97 mg/g) [sources: Laxton_2005; Smith_1996]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.53 mg/g (2.53-2.53 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.29 {delta}[ppth] (-31.31--31.25 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Stewart_1995]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.38 mg/mm3 (0.31-0.46 mg/mm3) [sources: Hughes_2005; Pickup_2005; Wells_2012]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Pickup_2005]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 573 {count}/mm2 (573-573 {count}/mm2) [sources: Hughes_2005]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 14 um (14-14 um) [sources: Hughes_2005]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.11 mm2/mm2 (0.11-0.11 mm2/mm2) [sources: Hughes_2005]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Smith_199617115B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html.
Wells_20122255J. 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.
NHNSW_20231322N. 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/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221421L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Fonseca_2000416C. 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.
ABRS_20231114Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Laxton_20051111E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
Kooyman_201179R. 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.
Stewart_199568G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Leishman_199566M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Benwell_202455A. 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.
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.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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/.
NSWFRD_201444B. 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.
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.
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Clarke_201533P. 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.
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