Rourea brachyandra

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Family Connaraceae

Taxonomy: Rourea brachyandra F.Muell.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Austrosteenisia sp. (Mission Beach L.J.Webb+ 6872) (taxonomic synonym)
Austrosteenisia sp. (Mission Beach LJW 6872) (taxonomic synonym)
Austrosteenisia sp. (Wallaman Falls R.Cumming+ 11652) (taxonomic synonym)
Austrosteenisia sp. Q2 (R.Cumming 11652) (taxonomic synonym)
Austrosteenisia sp. Q3 (taxonomic synonym)
Santaloides brachyandrum (F.Muell.) G.Schellenb. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2017 (12), Cooper_2004 (1), Cooper_2013 (12), Gallagher_2012 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), Metcalfe_2009 (17), NHNSW_2016 (2), Wells_2012 (55), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 66 traits from 124 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

flower_diameter (numerical): 0.4 cm (0.4-0.4 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3911 mm2 (2752-5070 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2016]
leaflet_area (numerical): 1320.18 mm2 (1257.02-1409.51 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 82.5 mm (35-130 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_width (numerical): 42.5 mm (20-65 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 27.92 g/m2 (25.7-31.25 g/m2) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.28 g/g (0.26-0.29 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2016]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (3); climber_woody (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Apgaua_2017; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Gallagher_2012]
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): bee (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); endozoochory (1) [sources: Cooper_2004; Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.25 {delta}[ppth] (-31.25--31.25 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 40 mg (40-40 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
seed_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.49 mg/mm3 (0.39-0.57 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Wells_2012]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 15.62 {count}/mm2 (15.62-15.62 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 123.61 um (123.61-123.61 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.19 mm2/mm2 (0.19-0.19 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Wells_2012	23	55	J. 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.
Metcalfe_2009	17	17	E. 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.
Apgaua_2017	11	12	D. 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.
Cooper_2013	9	12	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011	8	12	R. 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_2022	5	6	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Gallagher_2012	3	3	R. V. Gallagher and M. R. Leishman. “A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants”. Journal of Biogeography 39.10 (2012), pp. 1757-1771. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02773.x.
NHNSW_2016	2	2	National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. 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.
Cooper_2004	1	1	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Fruits of the Australian tropical rainforest. Nokomis Editions, 2004. ISBN: 9780958174213.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.