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Corymbia papuana

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Corymbia papuana (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Corymbia paracolpica K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus papuana F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus papuana F.Muell. var. papuana (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (36), CPBR_2002 (8), Kew_2019_1 (1), NTH_2014 (10), Nicolle_2006 (3), Rice_1991 (1), Schulze_1998 (36), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3), Zanne_2009 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 130 records in 14 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): 8.75 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.25 mm (6-9 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_length (numerical): 183.42 mm (50-601 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 35.67 mm (12-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.68 cm (0.7-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 335.74 g/m2 (273.22-362.32 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_1998]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); narrowly_lanceolate (1); 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 (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Rice_1991; Schulze_1998; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: NTH_2014; Schulze_1998]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Schulze_1998]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyyyn (2) [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): 9.5 mg/g (5.74-11.94 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_1998]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.2 {delta}[ppth] (-28.5--26 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.21 mg (3.21-3.21 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.87 mg/mm3 (0.87-0.87 mg/mm3) [sources: Zanne_2009]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 27.5 m (15-40 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2014]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231936Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Schulze_1998836E. -. 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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Zanne_200911A. E. Zanne, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, D. A. Coomes, J. Ilic, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, R. B. Miller, N. G. Swenson, M. C. Wiemann, and J. Chave. “Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum”. Dryad Digital Repository (2009). doi: 10.5061/dryad.234.