AusTraits

Zieria insularis

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Zieria insularis Duretto & P.I.Forst.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Zieria smithii subsp. (SFR 144 B.Gray 428) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Zieria smithii subsp. (SFR144 B.Gray 428) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), ATRP_2020 (2), Kooyman_2011 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 40 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1); mericarp (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 14.5 mm (8-21 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.3 cm (0.2-0.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011913R. 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.
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.
ATRP_202022F. 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_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.