AusTraits

Acacia citriodora

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia citriodora Kodela & Maslin

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia sp. (Coolullah M.Lazarides 3988) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia sp. Barklys (J.L.Egan 124) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia sp. E (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia sp. G (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia sp. G Kimberley Flora (C.H.Gittins 1260) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia arida Benth. (misapplied)
  • Acacia hilliana Maiden (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), Maslin_2012 (14), Schulze_2014 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 56 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 31.75 mm (12-55 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.12 mm (1.5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 369.5 g/m2 (369.5-369.5 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (1); narrowly_oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1); scattered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Maslin_2012; Schulze_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15.66 mg/g (15.66-15.66 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.35 {delta}[ppth] (-27.35--27.35 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.55 mm (3.2-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.92 m (0.5-2.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; WAH_2023_2]

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.
Maslin_20121214B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
Schulze_201488E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0.
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.
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.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.