AusTraits

Corymbia chippendalei

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Corymbia chippendalei (D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus chippendalei D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr (basionym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (33), ANBG_2019 (1), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Grigg_2008 (37), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (16), Nano_2011 (5), Nicolle_2006 (3), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schulze_2006_2 (38), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (17), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 67 traits from 200 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (8) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006; RussellSmith_2012; Schulze_2006_2]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (16-28 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 19.75 mm (15-25 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): 965.67 mm2 (617-1502 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 94.17 mm (50-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 16.2 mm (10-23 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 306.67 mg (210-418 mg) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.52 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 322.91 g/m2 (278.03-343.11 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (3); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [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 (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (3); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Grigg_2008; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Grigg_2008]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Grigg_2008]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (1); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: 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 (3); epicormic_buds (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.37 mg/g (6.3-12 mg/g) [sources: Grigg_2008; Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.31 mg/g (0.31-0.31 mg/g) [sources: Grigg_2008]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.48 {delta}[ppth] (-30.15--27.45 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Grigg_2008; Schulze_2006_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 12.23 mg (10.42-14.05 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 11 mm (9-13 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.85 mg/mm3 (0.85-0.85 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8.6 m (2-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Schulze_2006_2738E. Schulze, N. C. Turner, D. Nicolle, and J. Schumacher. “Leaf and wood carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf areas and woodgrowth of Eucalyptus species across a rainfall gradient in Australia”. Tree Physiology 26.4 (2006), pp. 479-492. doi: 10.1093/treephys/26.4.479.
Grigg_20082237A. M. Grigg, E. J. Veneklaas, and H. Lambers. “Water relations and mineral nutrition of closely related woody plant species on desert dunes and interdunes”. Australian Journal of Botany 56.1 (2008), pp. 27-43. doi: 10.1071/bt06205.
ABRS_20231733Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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).
NTH_20231316D. 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/.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
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.
Nano_201135C. 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.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
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.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Ilic_200011J. 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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.