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Corymbia peltata

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Corymbia peltata (Benth.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Corymbia dimorpha (Brooker & A.R.Bean) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus peltata Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus peltata Benth. subsp. peltata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus peltata subsp. dimorpha Brooker & A.R.Bean (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus melissiodora Lindl. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (9), ABRS_2023 (40), ANBG_2019 (1), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (2), Ilic_2000 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Nicolle_2006 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 95 records in 13 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 mm (7-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10.25 mm (8-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 99.3 mm (43-210 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 70 mm (30-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (1.5-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); oblong (2); orbicular (1); ovate (1); peltate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nynnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (2) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.84 mg (4.55-5.12 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; 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]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.83 mg/mm3 (0.78-0.88 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 14.67 m (10-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20232040Australian 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).
ABRS_202239Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Nicolle_200636D. 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.
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.
Gallagher_201512R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
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.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the 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.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.