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Corymbia clavigera

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Corymbia clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Schauer) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus clavigera A.Cunn. ex Schauer (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus clavigera A.Cunn. ex Schauer var. clavigera (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (32), CPBR_2002 (6), Eamus_1999 (10), Ilic_2000 (2), Lord_1997 (3), Myers_1997 (29), NTH_2014 (10), Nicolle_2006 (3), Rice_1991 (1), Schulze_1998 (18), Schulze_2014 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (10), 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 52 traits from 151 records in 18 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10.5 mm (9-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8.25 mm (7-9 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 (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3993.2 mm2 (3993.2-3993.2 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 133.12 mm (70-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 32 mm (14-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2014]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.55 cm (1-2.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 165.76 g/m2 (139.86-212.31 g/m2) [sources: Eamus_1999; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.49 g/g (0.45-0.53 g/g) [sources: Myers_1997]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (3); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Eamus_1999; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Eamus_1999]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Eamus_1999; Lord_1997; Rice_1991; Schulze_1998; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); drought_deciduous (1); evergreen (1); semi_deciduous (3) [sources: Eamus_1999; Myers_1997; NTH_2014; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Eamus_1999; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnynnyyyn (1) [sources: NTH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.28 mg/g (10.4-14.28 mg/g) [sources: Eamus_1999; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.7 {delta}[ppth] (-27.16--26 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.22 mg (3.22-3.22 mg) [sources: Lord_1997]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.83 mg/mm3 (0.83-0.84 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 11.1 m (5-18 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2014; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231632Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Myers_1997829B. A. Myers, G. A. Duff, D. Eamus, I. R. Fordyce, A. O'Grady, and R. J. Williams. “Seasonal Variation in Water Relations of Trees of Differing Leaf Phenology in a Wet - Dry Tropical Savanna near Darwin, Northern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany 45.2 (1997), p. 225. doi: 10.1071/bt96015.
Schulze_1998818E. -. 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.
Eamus_19991010D. Eamus, B. Myers, G. Duff, and D. Williams. “Seasonal changes in photosynthesis of eight savanna tree species”. Tree Physiology 19 (1999), pp. 665-671. doi: 10.1093/treephys/19.10.665.
NTH_2014810Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
Stephens_2024710R. 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).
Schulze_201499E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0.
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.
CPBR_200246Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
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.
Lord_199733J. 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.
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/.
Ilic_200012J. 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.
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.
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.