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Acacia brachybotrya

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia brachybotrya Benth.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia brachybotrya Benth. f. brachybotrya (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Acacia brachybotrya Benth. var. brachybotrya (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Acacia brachybotrya f. glabra Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia brachybotrya f. glaucophylla Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia brachybotrya var. glabra (Benth.) Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia brachybotrya var. glaucophylla (Benth.) Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
  • Racosperma brachybotryum (Benth.) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (4), Cheal_2017 (8), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Cunningham_1999 (16), Draper_2023 (3), Everingham_2020 (744), Fonseca_2000 (5), Gallagher_2011_1 (1), Gallagher_2011_3 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Manea_2011 (1), Maslin_2012 (15), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), Pickup_2005 (5), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (5), Thomas_2017 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 83 traits from 945 records in 31 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 68.75 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.25 mm (4-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 207.55 mm2 (89-628.57 mm2) [sources: Everingham_2020; Fonseca_2000; Pickup_2005]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 9.45 mm (4-15 mm) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 21.5 mg (10-30.03 mg) [sources: Everingham_2020; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 151.39 g/m2 (31.43-243.31 g/m2) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Everingham_2020; Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2011_3; Pickup_2005; Thomas_2017]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 3.8 mm2/mg (3.8-3.8 mm2/mg) [sources: Pickup_2005]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.53 g/g (0.53-0.53 g/g) [sources: Cunningham_1999]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); narrowly_obovate (2); oblanceolate (3); oblong (3); obovate (4); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (3); not_glaucous (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Cunningham_1999; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (9); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (1); dense (2); erect (1); spreading (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Maslin_2012]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Cunningham_1999; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); endozoochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1); passive (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyynnn (2); nnnnnnyyyynn (1) [sources: Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • seed_viability (numerical): 0.98 {count}/{count} (0.98-0.98 {count}/{count}) [sources: Everingham_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.3 mg/g (14.6-16 mg/g) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Thomas_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 22.1 mg (10.7-29.8 mg) [sources: Everingham_2020; Kew_2019_1; Thomas_2017]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.83 mm (3.91-5.82 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Everingham_2020; ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (2.72-3.86 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Everingham_2020]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; Maslin_2012]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.69 mg/mm3 (0.27-0.85 mg/mm3) [sources: Everingham_2020; Pickup_2005; Staples_2019; Thomas_2017]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Pickup_2005]
  • stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.77 g/g (0.62-0.87 g/g) [sources: Everingham_2020]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Everingham_202016744S. E. Everingham, C. A. Offord, M. E. B. Sabot, and A. T. Moles. “Time travelling seeds reveal that plant regeneration and growth traits are responding to climate change”. Ecology 102 (2020), p. e03272. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3272.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231318VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cunningham_19991616S. A. Cunningham, B. Summerhayes, and M. Westoby. “Evolutionary divergences in leaf structure and chemistry, comparing rainfall and soil nutrient gradients”. Ecological Monographs 69 (1999), pp. 569-588. doi: [10.1890/0012-9615(1999)069[0569:EDILSA]2.0.CO;2](https://doi.org/10.1890%2F0012-9615%281999%29069%5B0569%3AEDILSA%5D2.0.CO%3B2).
Maslin_20121215B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
SAH_20231015S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023914N. 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/.
Thomas_201759F. M. Thomas and P. A. Vesk. “Growth races in The Mallee: Height growth in woody plants examined with a trait-based model”. Austral Ecology 42.7 (2017), pp. 790-800. doi: 10.1111/aec.12501.
Cheal_201788D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Pickup_200555M. Pickup, M. Westoby, and A. Basden. “Dry mass costs of deploying leaf area in relation to leaf size”. Functional Ecology 19.1 (2005), pp. 88-97. doi: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00927.x.
Staples_201915T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
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.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Gallagher_2011_111R. V. Gallagher, M. R. Leishman, J. T. Miller, C. Hui, D. M. Richardson, J. Suda, and P. Travnicek. “Invasiveness in introduced Australian acacias: The role of species traits and genome size”. Diversity and Distributions 17 (2011), pp. 884-897. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00805.x.
Gallagher_2011_311R. V. Gallagher, M. R. Leishman, J. T. Miller, C. Hui, D. M. Richardson, J. Suda, and P. Travnicek. “Invasiveness in introduced Australian acacias: The role of species traits and genome size”. Diversity and Distributions 17 (2011), pp. 884-897. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00805.x.
Manea_201111A. Manea. “Unpublished data: Dispersal appendage data for Acacia via Worldwide Wattle, Macquarie University”. 2011.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.