AusTraits

Pilidiostigma glabrum

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Pilidiostigma glabrum Burret

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Myrtus rhytisperma var. grandifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Baker_2019 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (10), Kooyman_2011 (14), McCarthy_2017 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), RadfordSmith_2024 (45), Sams_2017 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 131 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): green (1); pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 14.25 mm (13-17 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 13 mm (11-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 728.02 mm2 (411.71-1650.5 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (20-100 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 83.86 mg (27.08-202.65 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.4 cm (0.2-0.6 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 71.18 g/m2 (37.83-124.06 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.34 g/g (0.31-0.36 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (5) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; 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): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1); yyyynnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: Baker_2019]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.56-0.67 mg/mm3) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 7.33 m (5-12 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241545J. 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_20231419N. 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/.
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_20131010W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
McCarthy_2017210J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Sams_201778M. 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.
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.
Benwell_202444A. 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.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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_202233N. 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/.
Baker_201922A. Baker. “Unpublished data: Post-fire fire-response surveys on the NSW north coast, Southern Cross University”. 2019.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.