AusTraits

Corymbia leichhardtii

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Corymbia leichhardtii (F.M.Bailey) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus eximia var. leichhardtii (F.M.Bailey) Ewart (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus leichhardtii F.M.Bailey (basionym)
  • Eucalyptus peltata subsp. leichhardtii (F.M.Bailey) L.A.S.Johnson & Blaxell (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (32), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Nicolle_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (18), Vlasveld_2018 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 86 records in 12 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): 11.5 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (7-13 mm) [sources: 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): 1144.83 mm2 (1135.37-1154.3 mm2) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 143.5 mm (65-245 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 33.7 mm (10-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 252.32 mg (247.43-257.2 mg) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.1 cm (1-3.6 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 220.38 g/m2 (217.93-222.82 g/m2) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: 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]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.29 mg (4.3-6.29 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): sectoroid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 15 m (15-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231832Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Stephens_2024918R. 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).
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.
Vlasveld_201836C. Vlasveld, B. O'Leary, F. Udovicic, and M. Burd. “Leaf heteroblasty in eucalypts: biogeographic evidence of ecological function”. Australian Journal of Botany 66.3 (2018), pp. 191-201. doi: 10.1071/bt17134.
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.
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/.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.