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Tabernaemontana pandacaqui

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Lam.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ervatamia angustisepala (Benth.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ervatamia benthamiana Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ervatamia pandacaqui (Lam.) Pichon (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pagiantha pandacaqui (Lam.) Markgr. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Tabernaemontana orientalis var. angustifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Tabernaemontana orientalis var. angustisepala Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (13), Fonseca_2000 (4), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kooyman_2011 (12), McCarthy_2017 (6), Metcalfe_2009 (19), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (14), RadfordSmith_2024 (34), Sams_2017 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wells_2012 (106), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 63 traits from 257 records in 17 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): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 29.67 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8.75 mm (6-11 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3); fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2445.01 mm2 (818.14-6000 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McCarthy_2017; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 121.25 mm (30-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 38.22 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 75.59 mg (20.17-137.55 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RadfordSmith_2024; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 42.83 g/m2 (22.6-72.36 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.14-0.25 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); obtriangular (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • 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): butterfly (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1); yyynnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 35.76 mg (23.6-44 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.33 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.56 mg/mm3 (0.4-0.76 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Wells_2012]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wells_201222106J. 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.
RadfordSmith_20241434J. 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_20091919E. 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.
ABRS_20231315Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20241014N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011812R. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sams_201777M. 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.
McCarthy_201736J. 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.
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.
Fonseca_200044C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
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.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.