Petraeomyrtus punicea
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Petraeomyrtus punicea (Byrnes) Craven
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Melaleuca punicea Byrnes (nomenclatural synonym)
- Regelia punicea (Byrnes) Barlow (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Brock_1993 (11), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (3), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 36 records in 10 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): fire_killed (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Brock_1993]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Brock_1993]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1) [sources: Brock_1993]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Brock_1993]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1); tree (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Brock_1993]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.55 mg (0.55-0.55 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.5 m (2-3 m) [sources: Brock_1993]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock_1993 | 8 | 11 | J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 7 | 7 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| RussellSmith_2012 | 4 | 4 | J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.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. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ANBG_2019 | 1 | 1 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |