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Synoum glandulosum · Meliaceae · also called Synoum glandulosum · Wikipedia

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Australia
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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

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

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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.

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 (15)
Corroboration (15 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

    15 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 4084; Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

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

        • “flaming duration (s): 6.21”

          FLAMITS record 4116.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 33.22”

          FLAMITS record 4148.

        • “burning duration (s): 39.43”

          FLAMITS record 4180.

      • “time to flaming (s): 8.18”

        FLAMITS record 4212; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

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

        • “burning duration (s): 44.43”

          FLAMITS record 4244.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 33.57”

          FLAMITS record 4276.

        • “flaming duration (s): 10.86”

          FLAMITS record 4308.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.79”

        FLAMITS record 4339; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

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

        • “flaming duration (s): 7.3”

          FLAMITS record 4369.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 30.99”

          FLAMITS record 4399.

        • “burning duration (s): 38.29”

          FLAMITS record 4429.

    • 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; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2017a-1; sampling december.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 674.31”

        FLAMITS record 4484; Combustibility measurement.

      • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.27”

        FLAMITS record 4508; Sustainability measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 91.45”

        FLAMITS record 4534; Consumability measurement.

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Larix gmelinii

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