Corymbia clarksoniana

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Family Myrtaceae

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

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Corymbia dolichocarpa (D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
Corymbia ligans subsp. burdekinensis K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
Corymbia maritima K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus clarksoniana D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr (nomenclatural synonym)
Eucalyptus dolichocarpa D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Corymbia clarksoniana (D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson - Corymbia novoguinensis (D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (misapplied)
Corymbia clarksoniana (D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson x Corymbia terminalis (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (misapplied)
Corymbia novoguinensis (D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson - Corymbia polycarpa (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (12), Gallagher_2015 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Nicolle_2006 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 63 traits from 161 records in 16 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): resprouts (6) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Stephens_2024]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 20.5 mm (12-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (9-16 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_height (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 114.17 mm (60-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 23.67 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.6 cm (1-2.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 148.48 g/m2 (138.52-156.85 g/m2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnyyyyyyy (2); ynyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (6) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 7.54 mg (7.54-7.54 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 10 mm (9-11 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.55 mg/mm3 (0.52-0.59 mg/mm3) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 144.07 {count}/mm2 (91.13-184.5 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 43.22 um (39.32-49.12 um) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.2 mm2/mm2 (0.17-0.25 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 18.33 m (15-25 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	38	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Zieminska_2015	12	36	K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
Stephens_2024	9	16	R. 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).
ABRS_2023	10	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_2015	3	12	P. 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.
NHNSW_2023	9	12	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
CPBR_2002	5	8	Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Nicolle_2006	3	6	D. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Gallagher_2015	1	2	R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.