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Symplocos thwaitesii

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Family Symplocaceae

Taxonomy: Symplocos thwaitesii F.Muell.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. thwaitesii (F.Muell.) Noot. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. thwaitesii (F.Muell.) Noot. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (2), Cooper_2013 (11), Ilic_2000 (2), Kooyman_2011 (13), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Pickup_2021 (10), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), RadfordSmith_2024 (33), Sams_2017 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 61 traits from 160 records in 19 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); green (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10.5 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); purple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2941.77 mm2 (2510.02-3753.3 mm2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 122.5 mm (30-170 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 38.25 mm (11-60 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 434.91 mg (343.92-561.1 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.1 cm (0.5-2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 141.39 g/m2 (135.87-155.75 g/m2) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.4 g/g (0.39-0.42 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (2); oblanceolate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7); tree (11) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; RadfordSmith_2024; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (3); nnnnyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); transient (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 9 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.55 mg/mm3 (0.54-0.57 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241533J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
NHNSW_20231420N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_20231318VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Kooyman_2011913R. 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.
Cooper_20131011W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Pickup_2021510M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Butler_200455D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Sams_201755M. 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.
NSWFRD_201444B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Clarke_201522P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
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.
ATRP_202011F. 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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.