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Rockinghamia angustifolia

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Rockinghamia angustifolia (Benth.) Airy Shaw

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Mallotus angustifolius Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Apgaua_2017 (12), Bloomfield_2018 (156), Buckton_2019 (121), Cheesman_2020 (65), Cooper_2013 (14), Falster_2005_1 (9), Gray_2019 (28), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (2), Kooyman_2011 (14), Rosell_2014 (8), Rumman_2018 (4), Sams_2017 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Weerasinghe_2014 (87), Wells_2012 (117), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wills_2018 (60), Zieminska_2015 (36), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 117 traits from 761 records in 21 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): monoecious (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 17 mm (15-19 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 8802.16 mm2 (1405.95-24582 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 142.5 mm (35-250 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (10-90 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 472.07 mg (50.48-827.28 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 84.85 g/m2 (35.9-122.07 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Gray_2019; Sams_2017; Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012; Wills_2018; Zieminska_2015]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.43 g/g (0.34-0.58 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Buckton_2019; Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Rumman_2018]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (8) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Rumman_2018; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); rodents (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.52 mg/g (10.59-20.65 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Falster_2005_1; Gray_2019; Weerasinghe_2014; Wills_2018]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.85 mg/g (0.37-1.28 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Gray_2019; Weerasinghe_2014; Wills_2018]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.37 {delta}[ppth] (-35.07--26.85 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Rumman_2018]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 19.38 mg (19.38-19.38 mg) [sources: Falster_2005_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.56 mg/mm3 (0.39-0.76 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Falster_2005_1; Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Rosell_2014; Sams_2017; Wells_2012; Zieminska_2015]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Falster_2005_1; Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 52.31 {count}/mm2 (14.23-108.87 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 60.93 um (41.75-79.58 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.1 mm2/mm2 (0.07-0.16 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Zieminska_2015]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Bloomfield_201824156K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
Buckton_201926121G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.
Wells_201222117J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Weerasinghe_20141887L. K. Weerasinghe, D. Creek, K. Y. Crous, S. Xiang, M. J. Liddell, M. H. Turnbull, and O. K. Atkin. “Canopy position affects the relationships between leaf respiration and associated traits in a tropical rainforest in Far North Queensland”. Tree Physiology 34.6 (2014), pp. 564-584. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpu016.
Cheesman_20201265A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Wills_20181560J. Wills, J. Herbohn, J. Hu, S. Sohel, J. Baynes, and J. Firn. “Tree leaf trade-offs are stronger for sub-canopy trees: leaf traits reveal little about growth rates in canopy trees”. Ecological Applications 28.4 (2018), pp. 1116-1125. doi: 10.1002/eap.1715.
Zieminska_20151236K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
Gray_20191228E. F. Gray, I. J. Wright, D. S. Falster, A. S. D. Eller, C. E. R. Lehmann, M. G. Bradford, and L. A. Cernusak. “Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits together explain substantial growth rate variation in rainforest trees”. AoB PLANTS 11.3 (2019), pp. 1-11. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plz024.
Cooper_20131114W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Apgaua_20171112D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022611L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Falster_2005_179D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia”. Journal of Ecology 93 (2005), pp. 521-535. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.x.
Rosell_201488J. A. Rosell, S. Gleason, R. Mendez-Alonzo, Y. Chang, and M. Westoby. “Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity”. New Phytologist 201.2 (2014), pp. 486-497. doi: 10.1111/nph.12541.
Sams_201766M. 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.
Gross_200544C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
Rumman_201844R. Rumman, O. K. Atkin, K. J. Bloomfield, and D. Eamus. “Variation in bulk-leaf 13C discrimination, leaf traits and wateruse efficiency-trait relationships along a continental-scale climate gradient in Australia”. Global Change Biology 24 (2018), pp. 1186-1200. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13911.
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.
Ilic_200012J. 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.
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.