Acacia gonocarpa

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia gonocarpa F.Muell.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Acacia gonocarpa F.Muell. var. gonocarpa (nomenclatural synonym)
Racosperma gonocarpum (F.Muell.) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), Chen_2017 (6), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), Maslin_2012 (11), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2014 (7), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (13), Nano_2011 (2), Schmidt_2003 (24), Schulze_2014 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2008 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 125 records in 21 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 (1); resprouts (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (20-85 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_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 (3) [sources: Chen_2017; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 41 mm2 (41-41 mm2) [sources: Wright_2008]
leaf_length (numerical): 79.5 mm (12-125 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.83 mm (0.7-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 249.22 g/m2 (230.45-277.06 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2014; Wright_2008]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.18 g/g (0.1-0.26 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_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

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Schmidt_2003]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; 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 (3); spindly (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (4) [sources: Maslin_2012; NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_2014]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Schulze_2014; Wright_2008]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (2); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Chen_2017; Maslin_2012; NTH_2014]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3); none (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 19.94 mg/g (17.6-27.61 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Schulze_2014; Wright_2008]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.85 {delta}[ppth] (-28.17--24.85 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Schulze_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 7.83 mg (7.83-7.83 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 2.35 mm (2.2-2.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.61 mg/mm3 (0.61-0.61 mg/mm3) [sources: Wright_2008]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2.12 m (1-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Schmidt_2003	11	24	S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
ABRS_2023	9	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023	11	13	D. 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/.
Schulze_2014	8	13	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.
Maslin_2012	9	11	B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
NTH_2014	5	7	Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
Wright_2008	7	7	I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Trait data for Northern Territory savanna species, Macquarie University”. 2008.
Chen_2017	6	6	Chen, 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_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2022	4	4	D. 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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
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/.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_2011	2	2	C. 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_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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. 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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.