Acacia cuthbertsonii subsp. linearis

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia cuthbertsonii subsp. linearis R.S.Cowan & Maslin

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Racosperma cuthbertsonii subsp. lineare (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (12), Schulze_2014 (8), Stephens_2021 (2), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 31 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 80 mm (50-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 640.73 g/m2 (640.73-640.73 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): strap-shaped (1); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (2) [sources: Stephens_2021]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13.76 mg/g (13.76-13.76 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.29 {delta}[ppth] (-27.29--27.29 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2014]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (8-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2.5 m (1-4 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	9	12	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Schulze_2014	8	8	E. 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.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Stephens_2021	1	2	R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.