AusTraits

Tetracera nordtiana

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Family Dilleniaceae

Taxonomy: Tetracera nordtiana F.Muell.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Apgaua_2017 (12), Buckton_2019 (130), Cheesman_2020 (23), Cooper_2013 (12), Grubb_1996 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), Metcalfe_2009 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Weerasinghe_2014 (32), Wells_2012 (56), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 82 traits from 305 records in 13 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
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006; Wells_2012]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3290.03 mm2 (1704.72-4171.51 mm2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (30-60 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 222.94 mg (68.23-409.37 mg) [sources: Buckton_2019; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 60.29 g/m2 (36-117.39 g/m2) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.33 g/g (0.27-0.44 g/g) [sources: Buckton_2019; Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (2); climber_woody (8); shrub (3); tree (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Grubb_1996; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Grubb_1996; Metcalfe_2009]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.41 mg/g (13.99-18.59 mg/g) [sources: Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020; Weerasinghe_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.8 mg/g (0.8-0.8 mg/g) [sources: Weerasinghe_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.27 {delta}[ppth] (-31.41--28.33 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Cheesman_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 12 mg (12-12 mg) [sources: Grubb_1996]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.46 mg/mm3 (0.4-0.51 mg/mm3) [sources: Apgaua_2017; Buckton_2019; Metcalfe_2009; Wells_2012]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 12.27 {count}/mm2 (12.27-12.27 {count}/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 169.69 um (169.69-169.69 um) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.26 mm2/mm2 (0.26-0.26 mm2/mm2) [sources: Apgaua_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Buckton_201926130G. Buckton, A. W. Cheesman, N. C. Munksgaard, C. M. Wurster, M. J. Liddell, and L. A. Cernusak. “Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage”. Austral Ecology 44.6 (2019), pp. 983-994. doi: 10.1111/aec.12764.
Wells_20122356J. 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.
Weerasinghe_20141232L. K. Weerasinghe, D. Creek, K. Y. Crous, S. Xiang, M. J. Liddell, M. H. Turnbull, and O. K. Atkin. “Canopy position affects the relationships between leaf respiration and associated traits in a tropical rainforest in Far North Queensland”. Tree Physiology 34.6 (2014), pp. 564-584. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpu016.
Cheesman_20201223A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
Metcalfe_20091717E. 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.
Apgaua_20171112D. M. G. Apgaua, D. Y. P. Tng, L. A. Cernusak, A. W. Cheesman, R. M. Santos, W. J. Edwards, and S. G. W. Laurance. “Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy”. Functional Ecology 31.3 (2017), pp. 582-591. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12787.
Cooper_2013912W. 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.
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.
Grubb_199633P. J. Grubb and D. J. Metcalfe. “Adaptation and inertia in the Australian tropical lowland rain-forest flora: Contradictory trends in intergeneric and intrageneric comparisons of seed size in relation to light demand”. Functional Ecology 10 (1996), pp. 512-520. doi: 10.2307/2389944.
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.