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Rhamnella vitiensis

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Family Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy: Rhamnella vitiensis (Benth.) A.C.Sm.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Colubrina vitiensis Seem. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dallachya vitiensis (Benth.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rhamnus vitiensis Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (12), Hyland_2003 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), Metcalfe_2009 (14), NHNSW_2016 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 79 records in 12 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: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1); pyrene (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 10577.5 mm2 (3795-17360 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2016]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 77.5 mm (35-115 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 33 mm (12-55 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.8 cm (0.6-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2016]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (4); shrub (3); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): fly (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Hyland_2003; Metcalfe_2009]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 23 mg (23-23 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • seed_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231217Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Metcalfe_20091414E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Cooper_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011812R. 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_202288L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
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.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_201622National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. 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.
Hyland_200311B. P. M. Hyland, T. Whiffin, D. Christophel, B. Gray, and R. W. Elick. Australian tropical rain forest plants trees, shrubs and vines. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0643068724.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.