AusTraits

Tasmannia xerophila

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Family Winteraceae

Taxonomy: Tasmannia xerophila M.Gray

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Drimys piperita entity 39 'xerophila' Vink (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drimys xerophila P.Parm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Drimys xerophila P.Parm. var. xerophila (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Drimys xerophylla A.D.Chapm. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (9), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (6), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Lim_2017 (12), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (21), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Vesk_2007 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 143 records in 21 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 (4) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8.75 mm (6.5-11 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (4) [sources: Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 490.14 mm2 (483.38-501.74 mm2) [sources: Lim_2017]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 68.33 mm (10-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 106.44 mg (105.33-108 mg) [sources: Lim_2017]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.2 cm (0.2-6 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 210.22 g/m2 (178.57-232.56 g/m2) [sources: Lim_2017; Vesk_2007]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblanceolate (2); oblanceolate (3); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Lim_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Vesk_2007; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (2); prostrate (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • 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 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); none (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 8.84 mg (1.63-28.85 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.82 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.17 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): comma-shaped (1); ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.44 mg/mm3 (0.44-0.44 mg/mm3) [sources: Lim_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231521VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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.
Lim_2017612F. K. Lim, L. J. Pollock, and P. A. Vesk. “The role of plant functional traits in shrub distribution around alpine frost hollows”. Journal of Vegetation Science 28.3 (2017), pp. 585-594. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12517.
NHNSW_2023912N. 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/.
ANBG_201959Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Cheal_201766D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Vesk_200726P. Vesk. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits for flora of Falls Creek Victoria, University of Melbourne”. 2007.
ABRS_202255Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
RBGV_202255VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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/.
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/.
Carey_200333A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.