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Corymbia polycarpa

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Family Myrtaceae

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

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus derbyensis D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus erubescens D.J.Carr & S.G.M.Carr (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus polycarpa F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus pyrophora var. polycarpa (F.Muell.) Maiden (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus terminalis var. carnosa F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • 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)
  • Eucalyptus terminalis F.Muell. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (39), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Dong_2017 (15), Ilic_2000 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Lawes_2012 (2), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2014 (5), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (21), Nano_2011 (3), Nicolle_2006 (3), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (19), Schulze_2014 (30), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (15), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (30), White_2020 (38), Wright_2000 (3), Wright_2008 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 91 traits from 279 records in 28 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 (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006; RussellSmith_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 24.38 mm (15-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (8-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_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 (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2003.29 mm2 (1290-3477 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2014; Westoby_2014; Wright_2008]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 163.8 mm (78-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 23.4 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (0.7-2.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 200.17 g/m2 (146.54-254.36 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017; Schulze_2014; Westoby_2014; Wright_2008]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.14 g/g (0.08-0.2 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (2); lanceolate (3); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Munroe_2019; Schmidt_2003; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: Dong_2017; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_2014; White_2020; Wright_2008]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • 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): nnyyyyynnnnn (1); nyyyyynnnnnn (2); nyyyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: NTH_2014; Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.11 mg/g (6.27-14.31 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_2014; Westoby_2014; Wright_2008]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.69 mg/g (0.34-1.23 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014; Westoby_2014; Wright_2008]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.1 {delta}[ppth] (-30.34--26.01 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_2014; Westoby_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.53 mg (9-14.05 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 10.5 mm (8-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); winged (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.64 mg/mm3 (0.46-1.01 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Westoby_2014; Wright_2008]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231739Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_20201938M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Schulze_20141030E. 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.
Westoby_20143030S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
NTH_20231521D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Schmidt_20031119S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
Dong_2017815N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
Stephens_2024915R. 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).
Wright_200899I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Trait data for Northern Territory savanna species, Macquarie University”. 2008.
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.
Ilic_200016J. 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.
NTH_201455Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Nano_201123C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-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/.
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.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Lawes_201212M. J. Lawes, J. J. Midgley, and P. J. Clarke. “Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: A savanna/forest contrast”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2012), pp. 517-524. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12035.
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.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.