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Rhodamnia rubescens

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Rhodamnia rubescens (Benth.) Miq.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eugenia trinervia DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Monoxora rubescens Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myrtus melastomoides F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myrtus trinervia Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myrtus trinervis Macarthur & C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rhodamnia trinervia Blume (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rhodamnia trinervia Blume var. trinervia (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 (5), Butler_2004 (5), Campbell_2006 (6), Clarke_2009 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (13), Hughes_1992 (4), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), Knox_2011 (6), Kooyman_2011 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Pickup_2005 (5), RadfordSmith_2024 (41), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 155 records in 22 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): resprouts (8) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; Knox_2011; NSWFRD_2014]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.25 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.25 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1666.53 mm2 (1496.6-1963.3 mm2) [sources: Pickup_2005; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 32.5 mm (20-45 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 184.59 mg (163.8-218.25 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.65 cm (0.4-0.9 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 93.91 g/m2 (78.12-123.05 g/m2) [sources: Knox_2011; Pickup_2005; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 8.1 mm2/mg (8.1-8.1 mm2/mg) [sources: Pickup_2005]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.43 g/g (0.39-0.45 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (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 (5); tree (7) [sources: Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3); hydrochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (2); water (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; Cooper_2013; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnnnyyynn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1); soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (5) [sources: Baker_2019; Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.07 mg (2.35-3.8 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.63 mg/mm3 (0.54-0.69 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Knox_2011; Kooyman_2011; Pickup_2005; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Pickup_2005]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 26.25 m (25-30 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241541J. 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_20231420N. 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_20131113W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Campbell_200666M. L. Campbell and P. J. Clarke. “Response of montane wet sclerophyll forest understorey species to fire- evidence from high and low intensity fires”. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127 (2006), pp. 63-73. doi: unknown.
Knox_201166K. J. E. Knox and P. J. Clarke. “Fire severity and nutrient availability do not constrain resprouting in forest shrubs”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 1967-1978. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9956-5.
NSWFRD_201466B. 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.
Benwell_202455A. 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.
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.
Clarke_200935P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
Pickup_200555M. Pickup, M. Westoby, and A. Basden. “Dry mass costs of deploying leaf area in relation to leaf size”. Functional Ecology 19.1 (2005), pp. 88-97. doi: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00927.x.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
Ilic_200013J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.