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Corymbia setosa

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Corymbia setosa (Schauer) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Corymbia setosa (Schauer) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson subsp. setosa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Corymbia setosa subsp. pedicellaris K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus hispida R.Br. ex Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus setosa Schauer (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (30), CPBR_2002 (8), Crowley_2007 (1), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2014 (5), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (14), Nano_2011 (1), Nicolle_2006 (6), Rice_1991 (1), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schulze_1998 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (17), Sweedman_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2008 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 136 records in 21 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nicolle_2006; RussellSmith_2012]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 19.75 mm (11-28 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 19 mm (11-25 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 (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2611 mm2 (2611-2611 mm2) [sources: Wright_2008]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 51.67 mm (15-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 31.5 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 217.88 g/m2 (153.01-300.3 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_1998; Wright_2008]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (3); elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); oblong (2); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (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): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (3); tree (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; Schulze_1998; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: NTH_2014; Schulze_1998]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Schulze_1998; Wright_2008]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: NTH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (3) [sources: Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 7.38 mg/g (6.77-8.01 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_1998; Wright_2008]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.33 mg/g (0.33-0.33 mg/g) [sources: Wright_2008]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.4 {delta}[ppth] (-27.5--27.3 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.09 mg (6.09-6.09 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): 1.02 mg/mm3 (1.02-1.02 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4.5 m (4-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231630Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
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).
NTH_20231114D. 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/.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Wright_200888I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Trait data for Northern Territory savanna species, Macquarie University”. 2008.
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.
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.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Crowley_200711G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Ilic_200011J. 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_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Nano_201111C. 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.
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.