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Acacia iteaphylla

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia iteaphylla F.Muell. ex Benth.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia iteaphylla F.Muell. ex Benth. var. iteaphylla (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Racosperma iteaphyllum (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), Chen_2017 (5), Collette_2021 (1), Dong_2017 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2011_1 (1), Gallagher_2011_3 (1), Manea_2011 (1), Maslin_2012 (14), Morgan_2011_1 (5), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), RBGK_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 118 records in 24 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 90 mm (50-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 95 mm (50-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.62 mm (2.5-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 248.74 g/m2 (164.74-332.73 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017; Gallagher_2011_3]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (3); strap-shaped (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (3); spreading (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1); myrmecochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Morgan_2011_1]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: Maslin_2012]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 16.42 mg/g (16.42-16.42 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26 {delta}[ppth] (-26--26 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 27.7 mg (27.7-27.7 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-6.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (3); ovoid_elongated (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.1 m (2-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231117Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231117VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Maslin_20121114B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
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/.
Dong_201788N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
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.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
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.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
WAH_2022_133Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_223Western 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.
Yang_202322S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Gallagher_2011_111R. V. Gallagher, M. R. Leishman, J. T. Miller, C. Hui, D. M. Richardson, J. Suda, and P. Travnicek. “Invasiveness in introduced Australian acacias: The role of species traits and genome size”. Diversity and Distributions 17 (2011), pp. 884-897. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00805.x.
Gallagher_2011_311R. V. Gallagher, M. R. Leishman, J. T. Miller, C. Hui, D. M. Richardson, J. Suda, and P. Travnicek. “Invasiveness in introduced Australian acacias: The role of species traits and genome size”. Diversity and Distributions 17 (2011), pp. 884-897. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00805.x.
Manea_201111A. Manea. “Unpublished data: Dispersal appendage data for Acacia via Worldwide Wattle, Macquarie University”. 2011.
Munroe_201911S. 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.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.