AusTraits

Acacia oncinocarpa

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia oncinocarpa Benth.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia loxocarpa Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia sp. aff. oncinocarpa (C.R.Michell 4200) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Racosperma oncinocarpum (Benth.) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Dong_2017 (8), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Lord_1997 (4), Maslin_2012 (14), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (21), Nano_2011 (2), Rice_1991 (1), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (38), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2008 (31). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 172 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 81.25 mm (50-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.25 mm (4.5-10 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 (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1466.5 mm2 (901-2088 mm2) [sources: Wright_2008]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 98 mm (58-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 16.33 mm (7-29 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 129.78 g/m2 (90.92-183.43 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017; Wright_2008]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.13 g/g (0.03-0.18 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (1) [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 (6); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Lord_1997; Maslin_2012; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; Schmidt_2003; 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): prostrate (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Maslin_2012; NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Dong_2017; Schmidt_2003; 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): nnyyyyyynnnn (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Maslin_2012; NTH_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 29.43 mg/g (26.01-33 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017; Schmidt_2003; Wright_2008]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.68 mg/g (0.55-0.87 mg/g) [sources: Wright_2008]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.53 {delta}[ppth] (-30.94--26.61 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017; Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 17.4 mg (17.29-17.5 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Lord_1997]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.83 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (2-3.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (3); ovoid_elongated (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.48 mg/mm3 (0.46-0.51 mg/mm3) [sources: Wright_2008]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.17 m (0.5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Schmidt_20031138S. 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.
Wright_2008931I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Trait data for Northern Territory savanna species, Macquarie University”. 2008.
NTH_20231521D. 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_20231117Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Maslin_20121114B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
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.