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Tasmannia insipida

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Family Winteraceae

Taxonomy: Tasmannia insipida R.Br. ex DC.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Drimys dipetala F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Drimys insipida (R.Br. ex DC.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Drimys insipida (R.Br. ex DC.) Druce (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Drimys insipida (R.Br. ex DC.) Tiegh. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Tasmannia dipetala DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Tasmannia monticola A.Rich. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), Benwell_2024 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Campbell_2006 (6), Chen_2017 (5), Choat_2012 (1), Clarke_2009 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (13), Fonseca_2000 (9), Hughes_1992 (5), Kooyman_2011 (11), Laxton_2005 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Pickup_2005 (5), Pickup_2021 (3), RadfordSmith_2024 (39), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tng_2013 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3), eFLOWER_2021 (17), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (32). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 74 traits from 233 records in 29 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (6) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 16 mm (12-20 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (9-11 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (5) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1); red (1); white (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2475.08 mm2 (1558.58-3034.4 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Pickup_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Tng_2013]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 138.33 mm (60-210 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 30.52 mm (10-55 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 208.92 mg (131.25-250 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.28 cm (0.1-0.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 79.13 g/m2 (69.44-102.35 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Pickup_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Tng_2013]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 9.85 mm2/mg (9.85-9.85 mm2/mg) [sources: Pickup_2005]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.36 g/g (0.32-0.4 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (2); truncate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (12); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3) [sources: Butler_2004; Hughes_1992; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Campbell_2006]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (4); nnnyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1); soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (3) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -34.08 {delta}[ppth] (-34.08--34.08 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Tng_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.87 mm (1-2.5 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.53 mg/mm3 (0.43-0.63 mg/mm3) [sources: Pickup_2005; RadfordSmith_2024; Tng_2013]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Pickup_2005]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.55 m (1-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RadfordSmith_20241439J. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221832L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_20231318N. 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/.
ABRS_20231117Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_20211217J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
Fonseca_200059C. 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.
Campbell_200666M. L. Campbell and P. J. Clarke. “Response of montane wet sclerophyll forest understorey species to fire- evidence from high and low intensity fires”. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127 (2006), pp. 63-73. doi: unknown.
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.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Clarke_200935P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
Hughes_199255L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Pickup_200555M. Pickup, M. Westoby, and A. Basden. “Dry mass costs of deploying leaf area in relation to leaf size”. Functional Ecology 19.1 (2005), pp. 88-97. doi: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00927.x.
Tng_201355D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
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_198133B. 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/.
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_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Pickup_202133M. 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.
Wright_200033I. 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.
Laxton_200522E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Choat_201211B. Choat, S. Jansen, T. J. Brodribb, H. Cochard, S. Delzon, R. Bhaskar, S. J. Bucci, T. S. Feild, S. M. Gleason, U. G. Hacke, A. L. Jacobsen, F. Lens, H. Maherali, J. Martinez-Vilalta, S. Mayr, M. Mencuccini, P. J. Mitchell, A. Nardini, J. Pittermann, R. B. Pratt, J. S. Sperry, M. Westoby, I. J. Wright, and A. E. Zanne. “Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought”. Nature 491.7426 (2012), pp. 752-755. doi: 10.1038/nature11688.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.