AusTraits

Acacia alaticaulis

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia alaticaulis Kodela & Tindale

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia sp. 35 (Howes Mountain; R.G.Coveney 4108 & R.Bis) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia sp. A (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia sp. Howes Mountain (R.G.Coveny 4108) NSW Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia terminalis s. lat. (winged form) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia terminalis subsp. E (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia terminalis (Salisb.) J.F.Macbr. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), Maslin_2012 (11), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 71 records in 9 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 85 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12 mm (11-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 16.17 mm (2.5-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.15 mm (0.9-3.6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.5 cm (0.5-0.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_oblong (2); narrowly_obovate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spindly (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyyynnnny (1) [sources: Maslin_2012; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231319Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231016N. 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/.
Maslin_2012911B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
NSWFRD_2014810B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
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.