Polyalthia submontana
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Family Annonaceae
Taxonomy: Polyalthia submontana (Jessup) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Haplostichanthus sp. (Mt Finnigan) (taxonomic synonym)
- Haplostichanthus submontanus Jessup (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Cooper_2013 (11), Sams_2017 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 48 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
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (12-13 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (9-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; 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]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 117.5 mm (35-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 34.5 mm (9-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.22 cm (0.1-0.35 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 78.63 g/m2 (78.63-78.63 g/m2) [sources: Sams_2017]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (1); oblique (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- dispersers (categorical): flying_vertebrates (1) [sources: Sams_2017]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
stem morphology
- wood_density (numerical): 0.76 mg/mm3 (0.76-0.76 mg/mm3) [sources: Sams_2017]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 5 m (3-7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 11 | 14 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 11 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Sams_2017 | 8 | 9 | M. 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. |
| 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. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 4 | 4 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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. |