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Acacia buxifolia

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia buxifolia A.Cunn.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia brevifolia G.Lodd. ex G.Don (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia brevifolia Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia buxifolia var. neglecta Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia neglecta Maiden & R.T.Baker (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia papulaeformis Walp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Racosperma buxifolium (A.Cunn.) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Atkinson_2020_2 (10), Cheal_2017 (8), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Collette_2021 (1), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kew_2019_4 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Maslin_2012 (14), McCarthy_2017 (15), McGlone_2015 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (10), Purdie_1976 (3), RBGV_2023 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 57 traits from 147 records in 26 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): 60 mm (30-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 374.83 mm2 (100.8-890.38 mm2) [sources: Atkinson_2020_2; McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 26.25 mm (10-45 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (2-11 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 212.2 g/m2 (144.37-272.26 g/m2) [sources: Atkinson_2020_2; McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); narrowly_oblong (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2); not_glaucous (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyyyn (3) [sources: Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 15.73 mg (9.81-21.29 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.38 mm (4-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.74 mg/mm3 (0.69-0.76 mg/mm3) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.12 m (1-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231216Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
McCarthy_2017315J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Maslin_20121214B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
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/.
Atkinson_2020_2210J. Atkinson. “Unpublished data: Investigation of how leaf traits may determine ecological restoration outcomes, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
NSWFRD_20141010B. 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.
Wright_200099I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
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.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Purdie_197633R. W. Purdie and R. O. Slatyer. “Vegetation succession after fire in sclerophyll woodland communities in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (1976), pp. 223-236.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the 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.
Kew_2019_411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
RBGV_202311VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.