AusTraits

Acacia shirleyi

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia shirleyi Maiden

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia doratoxylon var. laxiflora Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Racosperma shirleyi (Maiden) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia solandri Benth. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), ATRP_2020 (1), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (12), Crowley_2007 (2), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (4), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), Kooyman_2011 (13), Maslin_2012 (13), Munroe_2019 (1), Nano_2011 (2), Richards_2008 (4), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soper_2014 (37), Tomlinson_2013 (19), Tomlinson_2019 (345), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 63 traits from 502 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 (2); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 90 mm (60-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.75 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; 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]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 960 mm2 (960-960 mm2) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 135 mm (80-190 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (2-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 108.54 g/m2 (28.6-174.52 g/m2) [sources: Richards_2008; Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 8.51 mm2/mg (8.51-8.51 mm2/mg) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.67 g/g (0.67-0.67 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.29 g/g (0.29-0.29 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; Tomlinson_2013]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Richards_2008]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyynnnnnn (1); nnyyyyynnnnn (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Maslin_2012]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (2); none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 20.82 mg/g (5.78-32.17 mg/g) [sources: Richards_2008; Soper_2014; Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 3.53 mg/g (0.28-7.67 mg/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.57 {delta}[ppth] (-29.74--26.61 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Soper_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.95 mg (10.9-13 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.06 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.94 mg/mm3 (0.86-1.02 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
  • stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.21 g/g (0.21-0.21 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 17.5 m (15-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Tomlinson_201911345K. W. Tomlinson, F. J. Sterck, E. R. M. Barbosa, S. de Bie, H. H. T. Prins, and F. van Langevelde. “Seedling growth of savanna tree species from three continents under grass competition and nutrient limitation in a greenhouse experiment”. Journal of Ecology 107.3 (2019), pp. 1051-1066. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13085.
Soper_2014637F. 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.
Tomlinson_20131919K. W. Tomlinson, L. Poorter, F. J. Sterck, F. Borghetti, D. Ward, S. de Bie, and F. van Langevelde. “Leaf adaptations of evergreen and deciduous trees of semi-arid and humid savannas on three continents”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2013), pp. 430-440. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12056.
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.
Kooyman_2011913R. 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.
Maslin_20121113B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
Cooper_2013912W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
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.
Ilic_200014J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Richards_200844A. Richards and I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Transcription of Australian plant functional trait data from Ian Wright's collection of papers, Macquarie University”. 2009.
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.
Wright_200033I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
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_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
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.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.