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Acacia disparrima

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia disparrima M.W.McDonald & Maslin

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia aulacocarpa var. macrocarpa Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Racosperma disparrimum (M.W.McDonald & Maslin) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia aulacocarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth. (misapplied)
  • Acacia leucadendron A.Cunn. ex Benth. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), Kooyman_2011 (15), Maslin_2012 (16), McCarthy_2017 (10), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 89 records in 10 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): 60 mm (25-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2193.07 mm2 (1275.4-2866.46 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (50-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17 mm (4-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 117.75 g/m2 (107.75-123.3 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (2); narrowly_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): arborescent (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.17 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.33 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.64 mg/mm3 (0.64-0.64 mg/mm3) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 7.9 m (3-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231321Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Maslin_20121216B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
Kooyman_20111115R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
NHNSW_2023813N. 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/.
McCarthy_2017210J. 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.
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.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.