Uromyrtus australis
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Uromyrtus australis A.J.Scott
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Austromyrtus sp. 2 J.B.Williams (taxonomic synonym)
- Austromyrtus sp. nov. (Nightcap Range) (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Benwell_2024 (5), Cooper_2013 (12), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kooyman_2011 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 67 records in 10 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 6.75 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 6.75 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (15-50 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.4 cm (0.2-0.6 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (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
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: 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 (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
- seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.87 mg (4.87-4.87 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
- seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
- wood_density (numerical): 0.69 mg/mm3 (0.69-0.69 mg/mm3) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 14.67 m (12-20 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 14 | 20 | N. 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/. |
| Kooyman_2011 | 11 | 15 | R. 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. |
| Cooper_2013 | 10 | 12 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Benwell_2024 | 5 | 5 | A. 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_2014_2 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. 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_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |