Acacia convallium
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Acacia convallium Pedley
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Racosperma convallium (Pedley) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), Chen_2017 (6), Maslin_2012 (17), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 57 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
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 110 mm (110-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 32 mm (28-36 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 132.5 mm (90-175 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
- leaf_width (numerical): 26 mm (12-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
- leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnyynnnnnnn (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Maslin_2012]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.5 {delta}[ppth] (-31.5--31.5 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 8.38 mm (8-8.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
- seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 6 m (6-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 12 | 18 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Maslin_2012 | 13 | 17 | B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014. |
| Chen_2017 | 6 | 6 | Chen, 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. |
| RussellSmith_2012 | 4 | 4 | J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Schmidt_2003 | 2 | 2 | S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |