Eucalyptus brachycalyx

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus brachycalyx Blakely

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus brachycalyx Blakely var. brachycalyx (nomenclatural synonym)
Eucalyptus brachycalyx var. chindoo Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus brachycalyx var. protrusa (J.M.Black) H.Eichler (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus incrassata var. protrusa J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (6), CPBR_2002 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (18), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (80), Stephens_2024 (16), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 203 records in 22 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 (2) [sources: Nicolle_2006; White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6.17 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.17 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_height (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 796.7 mm2 (486.95-1243.82 mm2) [sources: Staples_2019]
leaf_length (numerical): 70.88 mm (35-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 14.25 mm (5-38 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 264.43 mg (153.3-466.1 mg) [sources: Staples_2019]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 337.17 g/m2 (270.55-440.65 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006; Staples_2019]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (4); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (2); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); yyyynnnnnyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024; 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: Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.6 mg/g (8.6-8.6 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.87 {delta}[ppth] (-26.87--26.87 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.35 mg (0.35-0.35 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.72 mm (1-5.9 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
seed_width (numerical): 1.03 mm (0.95-1.12 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; SAH_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.87 mg/mm3 (0.83-0.9 mg/mm3) [sources: Staples_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 7.75 m (2-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Staples_2019	4	80	T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	14	18	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	12	17	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Stephens_2024	9	16	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).
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.
ANBG_2019	4	6	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
SAH_2014	2	4	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_2006	2	4	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Nicolle_2006	3	3	D. 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.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Schulze_2006	3	3	E. Schulze, N. C. Turner, D. Nicolle, and J. Schumacher. “Species differences in carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf area and nitrogen concentrations in leaves of Eucalyptus growing in a common garden compared with along an aridity gradient”. Physiologia Plantarum 127.3 (2006), pp. 434-444. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00682.x.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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/.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. 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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.