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Acacia mimula

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia mimula Pedley

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia propinqua Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Racosperma mimulum (Pedley) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (1), Lord_1997 (4), Maslin_2012 (13), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (19), Nano_2011 (1), Rice_1991 (1), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (43), Schulze_1998 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2008 (9), Wright_2019 (464), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 78 traits from 615 records in 22 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012; Yang_2023]
  • 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): 116.25 mm (75-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 24 mm (20-28 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): grey (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2116.55 mm2 (990.62-3668 mm2) [sources: Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 135 mm (70-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 19.67 mm (7-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 312.85 mg (144.4-589.33 mg) [sources: Wright_2019]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 165.6 g/m2 (76.92-322.58 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_1998; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.59 g/g (0.53-0.69 g/g) [sources: Wright_2019]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.16 g/g (0.04-0.27 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); falcate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: 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 (3); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Lord_1997; Maslin_2012; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (4) [sources: Maslin_2012; NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Wright_2008]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Yang_2023]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 24.09 mg/g (8.96-30 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.5 mg/g (0.32-0.93 mg/g) [sources: Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.82 {delta}[ppth] (-30.06--27.29 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Wright_2019]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 167 mg (167-167 mg) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • seed_length (numerical): 9.83 mm (9-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 8 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (3); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.64 mg/mm3 (0.58-0.81 mg/mm3) [sources: Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.5 m (2-7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wright_201937464I. J. Wright, J. Cooke, L. A. Cernusak, L. B. Hutley, M. C. Scalon, W. C. Tozer, and C. E. R. Lehmann. “Stem diameter growth rates in a fire-prone savanna correlate with photosynthetic rate and branch-scale biomass allocation, but not specific leaf area”. Austral Ecology 44.2 (2018), pp. 339-350. doi: 10.1111/aec.12678.
Schmidt_20031143S. 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.
NTH_20231419D. 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_20231116Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Maslin_20121013B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
Schulze_1998813E. -. Schulze, R. J. Williams, G. D. Farquhar, W. Schulze, J. Langridge, J. M. Miller, and B. H. Walker. “Carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination and nitrogen nutrition of trees along a rainfall gradient in northern Australia”. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 25.4 (1998), pp. 413-425. doi: 10.1071/PP97113.
Wright_200899I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Trait data for Northern Territory savanna species, Macquarie University”. 2008.
Chen_201744Chen, 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.
Lord_199744J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x.
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.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
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.
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.
Crowley_200711G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
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.
Nano_201111C. 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.
Rice_199111B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.