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Corymbia bleeseri

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Corymbia bleeseri (Blakely) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus bleeseri Blakely (basionym)
  • Eucalyptus terminalis var. longipedata Maiden & Blakely (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (34), CPBR_2002 (8), Cernusak_2006 (56), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Lord_1997 (4), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2014 (5), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (17), Nano_2011 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Rice_1991 (1), Rosell_2014 (8), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (20), Schulze_1998 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (17), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3), Wright_2008 (9), Wright_2019 (455). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 92 traits from 681 records in 28 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; Nicolle_2006; RussellSmith_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 19.25 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1839.25 mm2 (990.82-2556 mm2) [sources: Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 118.25 mm (40-184 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 23.3 mm (9-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 315.11 mg (179.6-468.67 mg) [sources: Wright_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.77 cm (1-2.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 197.75 g/m2 (144.93-384.62 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_1998; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.56 g/g (0.46-0.63 g/g) [sources: Wright_2019]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.13 g/g (0.01-0.19 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (3); lanceolate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Schmidt_2003]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (10) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Lord_1997; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Wright_2008]
  • root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnynnnn (1); nnyyyynynnnn (1) [sources: NTH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9.34 mg/g (5.6-14 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.46 mg/g (0.31-0.78 mg/g) [sources: Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.04 {delta}[ppth] (-29.69--26.9 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Wright_2019]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 13.03 mg (7.42-18 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Lord_1997]
  • seed_length (numerical): 10 mm (7-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); winged (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.66 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.78 mg/mm3) [sources: Rosell_2014; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 16.62 m (8-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wright_201937455I. 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.
Cernusak_2006156L. A. Cernusak, L. B. Hutley, J. Beringer, and N. J. Tapper. “Stem and leaf gas exchange and their responses to fire in a north Australian tropical savanna”. Plant, Cell and Environment 29.4 (2006), pp. 632-646. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01442.x.
ABRS_20231734Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Schmidt_20031120S. 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_20231317D. 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/.
Stephens_2024917R. E. Stephens, H. Sauquet, B. Laugier, C. Gosper, and R. V. Gallagher. “Eucalypt flower size and colour shaped more by pollination than abiotic environment”. in review (2024).
Wright_200899I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Trait data for Northern Territory savanna species, Macquarie University”. 2008.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Rosell_201488J. A. Rosell, S. Gleason, R. Mendez-Alonzo, Y. Chang, and M. Westoby. “Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity”. New Phytologist 201.2 (2014), pp. 486-497. doi: 10.1111/nph.12541.
Schulze_199888E. -. 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.
ABRS_202236Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_201455Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
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.
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_202233D. 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/.
Nicolle_200633D. Nicolle. “A classification and census of regenerative strategies in the eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia and Eucalyptus - Myrtaceae), with special reference to the obligate seeders”. Australian Journal of Botany 54.4 (2006), pp. 391-407. doi: 10.1071/bt05061.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.