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Podocarpus lawrencei

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Family Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy: Podocarpus lawrencei Hook.f.

Synonyms: 19 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Nageia alpina F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nageia alpinus (R.Br. ex Hook.f.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nageia parvifolia (Parl.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus alpina Benn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus alpina Mirb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus alpina var. lawrencii Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Podocarpus alpinus Mirb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus alpinus R.Br. ex Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus alpinus var. lawrencei (Hook.f.) Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Podocarpus lawrencei Hook.f. subsp. lawrencei (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Podocarpus lawrencei subsp. errinundraensis Silba (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus lawrencii Hook.f. (orthographic variant)
  • Podocarpus montana F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus parvifolia Parl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus parvifolius Parl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus sp. Goonmirk Rocks (S.J.Forbes 1009) Vic. Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus sp. aff. lawrencei (Goonmirk Rocks) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus totara var. alpina Carrière (taxonomic synonym)
  • Podocarpus totara var. alpinus Carrière (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (11), ANBG_2019 (2), Brodribb_2000 (4), Carey_2003 (3), Chen_2017 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Cooper_2013 (10), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), Lim_2017 (29), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (1), Morgan_2014 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Pickering_2014 (7), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 66 traits from 168 records in 25 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) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2); monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.33 mm (3-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1); strobilus (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 17.24 mm2 (10.1-23.56 mm2) [sources: Lim_2017; Mokany_2015; Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 11 mm (4-16 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.55 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2.48 mg (2-2.82 mg) [sources: Lim_2017]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 197.49 g/m2 (142.96-256.44 g/m2) [sources: Lim_2017; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.24 g/g (0.04-0.44 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_oblong (1); narrowly_obovate (1); oblong (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1); spiral (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (10); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Lim_2017; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); decumbent (2); erect (2); prostrate (2); sprawling (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Kew_2019_5; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): epicormic_buds (1); none (1) [sources: Carey_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 14.11 mg (13.81-14.35 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Morgan_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.12 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.54 mg/mm3 (0.49-0.66 mg/mm3) [sources: Lim_2017]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Brodribb_2000]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 5.76 um (5.76-5.76 um) [sources: Lim_2017]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.07 mm2/mm2 (0.07-0.07 mm2/mm2) [sources: Lim_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Lim_2017929F. K. Lim, L. J. Pollock, and P. A. Vesk. “The role of plant functional traits in shrub distribution around alpine frost hollows”. Journal of Vegetation Science 28.3 (2017), pp. 585-594. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12517.
RBGV_20231418VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231116N. 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_2011913R. 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.
ABRS_2023811Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013910W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Pickering_201447C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
ABRS_202255Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202255VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Brodribb_200044T. J. Brodribb and T. S. Feild. “Stem hydraulic supply is linked to leaf photosynthetic capacity: evidence from New Caledonian and Tasmanian rainforests”. Plant, Cell and Environment 23.12 (2000), pp. 1381-1388. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2000.00647.x.
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.
Carey_200333A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
ABRS_198122B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ANBG_201912Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Chen_201722Chen, 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.
Morgan_201422J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201511K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.