Acacia mucronata subsp. longifolia

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia mucronata subsp. longifolia (Benth.) Court

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Acacia dissitiflora Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Acacia longifolia var. dissitiflora (Benth.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Acacia mucronata var. dissitiflora (Benth.) Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
Acacia mucronata var. longifolia Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Racosperma mucronatum subsp. longifolium (Benth.) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (11), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 91 records in 12 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 (2); resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 80 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 84.83 mm (9-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4.17 mm (1-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); strap-shaped (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.2 mg (11.2-11.2 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 4.92 m (1.5-8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	10	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	9	14	N. 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/.
NSWFRD_2014	9	11	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
ABRS_2023	7	9	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Williams_2011	9	9	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.