AusTraits

Steganthera laxiflora subsp. laxiflora

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Family Monimiaceae

Taxonomy: Steganthera laxiflora (Benth.) Whiffin & Foreman subsp. laxiflora

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Kooyman_2011 (11), Wells_2012 (119), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 151 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3554.86 mm2 (1977.76-5160.63 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 175 mm (60-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (15-85 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 193.95 mg (61.32-363.1 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.05 cm (0.7-1.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 48.76 g/m2 (30.4-70.36 g/m2) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.28 g/g (0.19-0.34 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 12 mm (11-13 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.39 mg/mm3 (0.27-0.54 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 11 m (2-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wells_201222119J. 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.
ABRS_20231014Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011811R. 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.
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.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.