Zieria arborescens subsp. arborescens

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Zieria arborescens Sims subsp. arborescens

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Zieria arborescens subsp. A Sims (taxonomic synonym)
Zieria arborescens subsp. a (taxonomic synonym)
Zieria macrophylla Bonpl. (taxonomic synonym)
Zieria smithii var. macrophylla (Bonpl.) Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Zieria smithii var. tomentosa Maiden & Betche (pro parte taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (6), Caldwell_2016 (29), Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (17), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 141 records in 14 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 (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1); mericarp (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1766.04 mm2 (1365.5-2183.2 mm2) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
leaf_length (numerical): 73 mm (15-128 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_width (numerical): 14.17 mm (3-29 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 116.56 mg (85.2-142.9 mg) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.33 cm (0.8-4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 67.1 g/m2 (55.53-88.76 g/m2) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.84 g/g (1.5-2.33 g/g) [sources: Caldwell_2016]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); oblong (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyy (2); ynnnyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 20.62 mg/g (20-21.4 mg/g) [sources: Caldwell_2016]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.9 mg (1.6-2.21 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 8.75 m (7-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	38	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Caldwell_2016	6	29	E. Caldwell, J. Read, and G. D. Sanson. “Which leaf mechanical traits correlate with insect herbivory among feeding guilds?”. Annals of Botany 117 (2015), pp. 349-361. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcv178.
RBGV_2023	13	17	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	11	14	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/.
TMAG_2009	10	12	Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Cheal_2017	8	8	D. 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.
ABRS_2023	6	6	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. 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_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/.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.