AusTraits

Syzygium australe

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Syzygium australe (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) B.Hyland

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eugenia australis Anon. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eugenia australis G.F.Seidel (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eugenia australis J.C.Wendl. ex Link (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eugenia myrtifolia Sims (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eugenia paniculata var. australis (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) L.H.Bailey (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eugenia simmondsiae F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jambosa australis (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Jambosa thozetiana F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myrtus australis (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (15), Gardiner_2019 (40), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Jagdish_2020 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (13), McCarthy_2017 (10), Metcalfe_2009 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), Pickup_2021 (5), RadfordSmith_2024 (29), Sams_2017 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 62 traits from 192 records in 22 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Metcalfe_2009; Pickup_2021]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 19.25 mm (14-25 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 13.75 mm (8-17 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 15 mm (15-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (4); drupe (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): pink (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1166.41 mm2 (490.3-2400 mm2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; McCarthy_2017; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 73.86 mg (29.97-187.78 mg) [sources: Gardiner_2019; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.65 cm (0.3-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 79.69 g/m2 (60.28-127.87 g/m2) [sources: Gardiner_2019; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.26 g/g (0.19-0.38 g/g) [sources: Gardiner_2019; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (8) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Pickup_2021; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_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: Metcalfe_2009]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): beetle (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Pickup_2021]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 231.04 mg (63.79-370 mg) [sources: Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
  • seed_length (numerical): 9.5 mm (7-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.57 mg/mm3 (0.42-0.65 mg/mm3) [sources: Gardiner_2019; Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Gardiner_2019840R. Gardiner, L. P. Shoo, and J. M. Dwyer. “Look to seedling heights, rather than functional traits, to explain survival during extreme heat stress in the early stages of subtropical rainforest restoration”. Journal of Applied Ecology 56.12 (2019), pp. 2687-2697. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13505.
RadfordSmith_20241229J. 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.
Metcalfe_20091818E. 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.
NHNSW_20231216N. 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/.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
McCarthy_2017210J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Wright_200088I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
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.
Pickup_202155M. 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.
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.
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.
Jagdish_202024A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
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/.
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.
Ilic_200011J. 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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.