AusTraits

Rhopalostylis baueri

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Family Arecaceae

Taxonomy: Rhopalostylis baueri (Seem.) H.Wendl. & Drude

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Areca baueri Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Areca sapida Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Areca sapida G.Forst. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Eora baueri (Seem.) O.F.Cook (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Kentia baueri Seem. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Kentia sapida (Endl.) Mart. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rhopalostylis baueri (Seem.) H.Wendl. & Drude var. baueri (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rhopalostylis baueri var. cheesemanii (Becc. ex Cheeseman) Sykes (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rhopalostylis cheesemanii Becc. ex Cheeseman (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 30 records in 5 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (2) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 10 m (10-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023913Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022911L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.