Eucalyptus brookeriana

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus brookeriana A.M.Gray

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus brookerana A.M.Gray (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), CPBR_2002 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Jordan_2001 (4), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (4), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (2), Nicolle_2006 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Vlasveld_2018 (10), Warren_2006 (26), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 71 traits from 153 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6.83 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.33 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_height (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2715.95 mm2 (1920-3141.59 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Vlasveld_2018; Warren_2006]
leaf_length (numerical): 117.5 mm (30-160 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 28.3 mm (13-55 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 188.15 mg (186.7-189.6 mg) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 172.35 g/m2 (69.19-258.4 g/m2) [sources: Vlasveld_2018; Warren_2006]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.56 g/g (0.51-0.62 g/g) [sources: Warren_2006]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_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 (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; 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): 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): yyyyynnnnnny (1); yyyyynnnynyy (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); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 14.23 mg/g (12.11-16.35 mg/g) [sources: Warren_2006]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.52 {delta}[ppth] (-28.86--28.17 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Warren_2006]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.97 mg (0.32-2.93 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-2.5 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 40 m (40-40 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Warren_2006	13	26	C. R. Warren, E. Dreyer, M. Tausz, and M. A. Adams. “Ecotype adaptation and acclimation of leaf traits to rainfall in 29 species of 16-year-old Eucalyptus at two common gardens”. Functional Ecology 20.6 (2006), pp. 929-940. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01198.x.
ABRS_2023	14	19	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	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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).
RBGV_2023	14	14	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Vlasveld_2018	5	10	C. Vlasveld, B. O'Leary, F. Udovicic, and M. Burd. “Leaf heteroblasty in eucalypts: biogeographic evidence of ecological function”. Australian Journal of Botany 66.3 (2018), pp. 191-201. doi: 10.1071/bt17134.
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.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Jordan_2001	4	4	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Kew_2019_6	1	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
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.
Kew_2019_1	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
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/.
Wright_2000	3	3	I. 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.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.