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Syncarpia glomulifera · Myrtaceae · also called Syncarpia glomulifera · Wikipedia

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tree
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On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in HI.
Introduced / established
2 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 introduced source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Hawaii (HI)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (36)
Corroboration (36 rows from 1 source)

  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    36 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Grootemaat2015: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I. J., Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H., & Cornwell, W. K. (2015). Burn or rot: leaf traits explain why flammability and decomposability are decoupled across species. Functional Ecology, 29, 1486-1497.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2015-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.54”

        FLAMITS record 4083; Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

        • “flaming duration (s): 2.4”

          FLAMITS record 4115.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 18.49”

          FLAMITS record 4147.

        • “burning duration (s): 20.89”

          FLAMITS record 4179.

      • “time to flaming (s): 14.6”

        FLAMITS record 4211; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

        • “burning duration (s): 23.27”

          FLAMITS record 4243.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 19.64”

          FLAMITS record 4275.

        • “flaming duration (s): 3.63”

          FLAMITS record 4307.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.66”

        FLAMITS record 4338; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

        • “flaming duration (s): 2.08”

          FLAMITS record 4368.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 14.88”

          FLAMITS record 4398.

        • “burning duration (s): 16.95”

          FLAMITS record 4428.

    • Primary study Grootemaat2017a: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I .J., Van Bodegom, P. M., & Cornelissen, J. H. (2017). Scaling up flammability from individual leaves to fuel beds. Oikos, 126, 1428-1438.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2017a-1; sampling december.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 697.8”

        FLAMITS record 4440; Combustibility measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 92.83”

        FLAMITS record 4451; Consumability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

      • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.39”

        FLAMITS record 4460; Sustainability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 572.62”

        FLAMITS record 4483; Combustibility measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

      • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.15”

        FLAMITS record 4507; Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 88.57”

        FLAMITS record 4533; Consumability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

    • Primary study Grootemaat2017b: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I. J., Van Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H., & Shaw, V. (2017). Bark traits, decomposition and flammability of Australian forest trees. Australian Journal of Botany, 65, 327.

      Shared row context: predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2017b-1; sampling december.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.79”

        FLAMITS record 4545; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel dead.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel dead.

        • “smouldering duration per mass (s/g): 71.62”

          FLAMITS record 4555.

        • “flaming duration per mass (s/g): 15.27”

          FLAMITS record 4575.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 14.26”

        FLAMITS record 4565; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel dead.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.38”

        FLAMITS record 4585; Ignitability measurement; plant part bark; fuel live.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; plant part bark; fuel live.

        • “smouldering duration per mass (s/g): 137.61”

          FLAMITS record 4595.

        • “flaming duration per mass (s/g): 38.68”

          FLAMITS record 4615.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 7.25”

        FLAMITS record 4605; Combustibility measurement; plant part bark; fuel live.

    • Primary study Krix2019: Krix, D. W., Phillips, M. L., & Murray, B. R. (2019). Relationships among leaf flammability attributes and identifying low-leaf-flammability species at the wildland-urban interface. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 295-307.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Krix2019-1; sampling june to august.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.1”

          FLAMITS record 5999.

        • “time to smoke (s): 5”

          FLAMITS record 6086.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10.1”

          FLAMITS record 6118.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 4.5”

          FLAMITS record 6031.

        • “smoke duration (s): 7.8”

          FLAMITS record 6173.

        • “burning duration (s): 28.3”

          FLAMITS record 6233.

    • Primary study Murray2023: Murray, B. R., Hawthorne, T., Curran, T. J., Krix, D. W., Wallace, M. I., Young, K., ... & Webb, J. K. (2023). Shoot flammability patterns among plant species of the wildland–urban interface in the fire-prone Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. International Journal of Wildland Fire, Online early.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Murray2023-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2”

        FLAMITS record 19453; Ignitability measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 19.88”

        FLAMITS record 19454; Sustainability measurement.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 334”

        FLAMITS record 19455; Combustibility measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 14.44”

        FLAMITS record 19456; Consumability measurement.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Syncarpia glomulifera (Syncarpia glomulifera). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/syncarpia-glomulifera/. Last verified 2026-08-25.