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Acacia leptocarpa

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia leptocarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia polystachya A.Cunn. ex Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Racosperma leptocarpum (Benth.) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), ATRP_2020 (1), Chen_2017 (5), Cooper_2013 (13), Crowley_2007 (2), Gross_2005 (4), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kew_2019_6 (5), Kooyman_2011 (7), Maslin_2012 (13), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (20), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schulze_2014 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soper_2014 (16), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 144 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
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 111.67 mm (25-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.17 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 141.88 mm (90-265 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17 mm (6-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 189.1 g/m2 (189.1-189.1 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); narrowly_elliptical (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; 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 (3); tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; 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]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NTH_2014; Schulze_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyynn (1); nnnyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_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): 22.75 mg/g (20.05-31.08 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014; Soper_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -31.66 {delta}[ppth] (-32.44--30.05 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2014; Soper_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.32 mg (8.37-13 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.05 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); ovoid_elongated (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 12.1 m (4-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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/.
Soper_2014416F. M. Soper, A. E. Richards, I. Siddique, M. P. M. Aidar, G. D. Cook, L. B. Hutley, N. Robinson, and S. Schmidt. “Natural abundance (delta15N) indicates shifts in nitrogen relations of woody taxa along a savanna-woodland continental rainfall gradient”. Oecologia 178.1 (2014), pp. 297-308. doi: 10.1007/s00442-014-3176-3.
ABRS_20231015Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Maslin_20121013B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
Schulze_201488E. 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.
Kooyman_201177R. 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.
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.
Kew_2019_615Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Gross_200544C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
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.
NTH_201433Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
NTH_202233D. 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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.