AusTraits

Acacia fodinalis

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia fodinalis Pedley

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia sp. (Norwich Park J.Martin AQ349851) (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Racosperma fodinale (Pedley) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Maslin_2012 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 38 records in 6 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): 45 mm (45-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.65 mm (2.3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 107.5 mm (85-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 11.5 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (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]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.85 mm (1.7-2 mm) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8.5 m (4-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231014Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Maslin_20121114B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
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.
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.
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.