AusTraits

Acacia cupularis

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia cupularis Domin

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia bivenosa subsp. wayi (Maiden) Pedley (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia ligulata var. minor (F.Muell.) Pedley (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia salicina var. minor F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia salicina var. wayae Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia salicina var. wayi Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L.Wendl. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Racosperma ligulatum var. minus (F.Muell.) Pedley (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia ligulata A.Cunn. ex Benth. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Acacia ramosissima Benth. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic (native and naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Dong_2017 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2011_1 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (4), Manea_2011 (1), Maslin_2012 (12), McGlone_2015 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (80), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (39). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 63 traits from 252 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
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 70 mm (70-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; 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): brown (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 321.88 mm2 (159.1-590.92 mm2) [sources: Staples_2019]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 56 mm (30-80 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.8 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 103.26 mg (29.8-161.6 mg) [sources: Staples_2019]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 249.35 g/m2 (171.8-511.34 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017; Staples_2019]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): strap-shaped (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (3); not_glaucous (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); open (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); endozoochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (2); passive (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 21.79 mg/g (21.79-21.79 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.81 {delta}[ppth] (-29.81--29.81 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 16.23 mg (10.25-22.2 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.29 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.76 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (3); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.61 mg/mm3 (0.55-0.67 mg/mm3) [sources: Staples_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Staples_2019480T. 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.
White_20202039M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_20231520S. 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/.
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/.
Maslin_2012912B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
Dong_201788N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
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.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
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.
Kew_2019_614Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
Manea_201111A. Manea. “Unpublished data: Dispersal appendage data for Acacia via Worldwide Wattle, Macquarie University”. 2011.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.