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Acacia dunnii

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia dunnii Turrill

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia sericata var. dunnii Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
  • Racosperma dunnii (Turrill) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT (native and naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), Chen_2017 (5), Crowley_2007 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Maslin_2012 (12), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (20), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schulze_2014 (24), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), 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 41 traits from 109 records in 17 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 (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 136.5 mm (61-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 28.5 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NTH_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 (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 260.83 mm (120-420 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 116.67 mm (60-175 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 198.59 g/m2 (176.93-224.04 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); falcate (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Maslin_2012; Schulze_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 20.09 mg/g (17.82-22.54 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.47 mg/g (0.47-0.47 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.81 {delta}[ppth] (-32.49--29.52 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 203.38 mg (203.38-203.38 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 10.83 mm (9-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (3); ovoid_elongated (2); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.19 m (1.5-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Schulze_2014924E. 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.
NTH_20231420D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Maslin_20121012B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
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.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
RussellSmith_201244J. 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_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/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.