Symplocos thwaitesii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Symplocaceae/Symplocos

At a glance

Occurrence records691

Data sources4

Biological traits37

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections1

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Symplocos thwaitesii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility691 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources37 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF691 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Symplocos thwaitesii, or the buff hazelwood, is a rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. Seen in tropical, sub-tropical and warm temperate rainforests, often in gullies. Occasionally it grows in cooler situations such as at Monga National Park. The range of natural distribution is from Orbost (37° S) in the state of Victoria up the east coast of New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in tropical Queensland.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology14

Fruit length12 mm

Fruit width5.5 mm

Leaf length100 mm

Leaf length max170 mm

Leaf length min100 mm

Leaf mass per area136 g/m2

Leaf width35 mm

Leaf width max60 mm

Leaf width min30 mm

Petiole length0.95 cm

Plant height18 m

Plant height max20 m

Seed length9 mm

Seed width4 mm

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering endDec

Flowering startSep

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyy

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typedrupe

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: shrub tree · TRY: Tree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_elliptical oblanceolate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density538 mg/cm³

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Symplocos thwaitesii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes3

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

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plant barcodemarker

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type691 records

Wild obs. + sensor432

Museum / vouchered195

Cultivated / captive2

Other62

Origin

Native51

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 808 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 357≤1 km 28≤10 km 22>10 km 1

408 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor432

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy19% within 1 km

≤100 m 14≤1 km 20≤10 km 108>10 km 34

176 georeferenced · 19 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence195

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 2

2 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions10 of 13 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	54
Mount Annan, AU	51
Brisbane, AU	47
Armidale, AU	12
Canberra, AU	7
Palmerston, AU	6
Smithfield, AU	5
Wollongong, AU	4
Batemans Bay, AU	3
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	2
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Queensland Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Kew, GB	1
Adelaide, AU	1

13 institutions · 194 of 195 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Symplocos thwaitesii was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.0 °C 18.0–18.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.6 °C

Max temp (day)22.9 °C

Min temp (night)13.8 °C

Precipitation99.4 mm/mo

Air humidity59.1 %

Moisture balance-15.2 mm/mo

Vapour deficit853 Pa

Wind speed2.60 m/s

Cloud cover24.4 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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