Eucalyptus alligatrix subsp. limaensis

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus alligatrix subsp. limaensis Brooker, Slee & J.D.Briggs

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus aff. alligatrix (Lima) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (24), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Portelli_2023 (47), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (8), Stephens_2024 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 119 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.

fruit morphology

fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 39.88 mg (33.04-56.74 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2341.67 mm2 (1511-3054.67 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023]
leaf_length (numerical): 91.83 mm (20-195 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 21.17 mm (7-52 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 422.31 mg (257.5-574.73 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.65 cm (0.8-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 178.08 g/m2 (157.2-187.18 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
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; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnynnnnnnnn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.2 mg (0.11-0.38 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
seed_length (numerical): 1.3 mm (1-1.6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.62 mg/mm3 (0.55-0.65 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 30 m (30-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Portelli_2023	11	47	A. M. Portelli, S. M. Windecker, L. J. Pollock, W. C. Neal, W. K. Morris, R. Khot, and P. A. Vesk. “From mallees to mountain ash, specific leaf area is coordinated with eucalypt tree stature, resprouting, stem construction, and fruit size”. Australian Journal of Botany 71.8 (2023). Ed. by D. Williams, pp. 506-522. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23028.
ABRS_2023	18	24	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_2020	17	17	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
CPBR_2002	5	8	Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
RBGV_2023	8	8	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Stephens_2024	2	4	R. 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_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Gallagher_2015	1	1	R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.