Paphia meiniana
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Family Ericaceae
Taxonomy: Paphia meiniana (F.Muell.) Schltr.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Agapetes meiniana F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Agapetes queenslandica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (2), Cooper_2013 (10), Kooyman_2011 (25), Read_2003 (62), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (14). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 120 records in 8 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): pink (1); red_brown (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 10.5 mm (10-11 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (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): 1196.2 mm2 (983-1473 mm2) [sources: Read_2003]
- leaf_length (numerical): 72.5 mm (30-115 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 208.3 mg (179-249 mg) [sources: Read_2003]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 175.83 g/m2 (149.7-213.68 g/m2) [sources: Read_2003]
- leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.23 g/g (0.2-0.27 g/g) [sources: Read_2003]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Read_2003]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (2); shrub (3); tree (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9.82 mg/g (6.7-13.6 mg/g) [sources: Read_2003]
- leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.28 mg/g (0.99-3.57 mg/g) [sources: Read_2003]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.62 mm (0.2-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.62 mm (0.2-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read_2003 | 18 | 62 | J. Read and G. D. Sanson. “Characterizing sclerophylly: the mechanical properties of a diverse range of leaf types”. New Phytologist 160.1 (2003), pp. 81-99. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00855.x. |
| Kooyman_2011 | 9 | 25 | 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. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 10 | 14 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Cooper_2013 | 8 | 10 | 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. |
| ATRP_2020 | 2 | 2 | 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |