AusTraits

Acacia nicholsonensis

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia nicholsonensis Cuff

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia sp. Nicholson River (N.Cuff & D.Lynch NT019-NC) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 22 records in 4 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 75 mm (40-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.2 mm (2.4-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 125 mm (100-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.3 mm (1.1-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (1); strap-shaped (1); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4.5 m (3-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

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ABRS_20231016Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.