AusTraits

Syagrus romanzoffiana

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Family Arecaceae

Taxonomy: Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Arecastrum romanzoffianum (Cham.) Becc. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Arecastrum romanzoffianum var. australe (Mart.) Becc. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Arecastrum romanzoffianum var. genuinum (Cham.) Becc. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cocos australis Mart. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cocos datil Drude & Griseb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cocos plumosa Lodd. ex Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cocos romanzoffiana Cham. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cocos romanzoffiana Cham. var. romanzoffiana (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cocos romanzoffiana var. plumosa (Lodd. ex Hook.) A.Berger (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 21 records in 4 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
  • fruit_length (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); yellow (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]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 10 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 15 m (15-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

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ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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.