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Xylomelum scottianum

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Xylomelum scottianum (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Helicia scottiana F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), Chen_2017 (5), Ilic_2000 (4), Jordan_2020 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (42), Yang_2023 (1), Zieminska_2015 (34). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 70 traits from 125 records in 12 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): 75 mm (65-85 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2206 mm2 (2206-2206 mm2) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 135 mm (70-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.25 cm (1-3.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 154.28 g/m2 (135.7-179.35 g/m2) [sources: Westoby_2014; Zieminska_2015]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Jordan_2020]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Jordan_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Jordan_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2020; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnyyy (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.35 mg/g (8.35-8.35 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.43 mg/g (0.43-0.43 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.41 {delta}[ppth] (-26.41--26.41 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Westoby_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 71.5 mm (68-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.63 mg/mm3 (0.59-0.7 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Westoby_2014; Zieminska_2015]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014; Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 62.69 {count}/mm2 (50.08-77.18 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 48.99 um (43.28-57.1 um) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.12 mm2/mm2 (0.07-0.16 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 10 m (10-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Westoby_20143442S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
Zieminska_20151234K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
ABRS_20231419Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Jordan_202088G. J. Jordan, R. J. Carpenter, B. R. Holland, N. J. Beeton, M. D. Woodhams, and T. J. Brodribb. “Links between environment and stomatal size through evolutionary time in Proteaceae”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287.1919 (2020), p. 20192876. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2876.
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.
Ilic_200014J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
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.
ABRS_198122B. 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/.
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.
Yang_202311S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.