AusTraits

Eucalyptus calcareana

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus calcareana Boomsma

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus sp. Triangolensis (D.F.Blaxell 2059 & L.A.S.Johnson) Australian National Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus triangolensis L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (4), CPBR_2002 (15), Draper_2023 (3), Everingham_2020 (384), Gallagher_2015 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Nicolle_2006 (3), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (18), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (17), Vlasveld_2018 (2), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 497 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.83 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 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): 3631.82 mm2 (1537.93-6061.03 mm2) [sources: Everingham_2020]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 94.17 mm (60-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 22.3 mm (10-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 278.87 mg (114.4-439.37 mg) [sources: Everingham_2020]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.85 cm (1.2-2.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 197.49 g/m2 (58.98-438.84 g/m2) [sources: Everingham_2020; Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (2); 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
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (3); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • 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]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (1); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyynnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • seed_viability (numerical): 0.56 {count}/{count} (0.53-0.59 {count}/{count}) [sources: Everingham_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): 10 mg/g (10-10 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.47 {delta}[ppth] (-27.47--27.47 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.98 mg (1.49-6 mg) [sources: Everingham_2020; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.16 mm (1.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.79 mm (1.33-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); polyhedral_inflated (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; SAH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.42 mg/mm3 (0.35-0.5 mg/mm3) [sources: Everingham_2020]
  • stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.67 g/g (0.15-0.81 g/g) [sources: Everingham_2020]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 9.1 m (3-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Everingham_202013384S. E. Everingham, C. A. Offord, M. E. B. Sabot, and A. T. Moles. “Time travelling seeds reveal that plant regeneration and growth traits are responding to climate change”. Ecology 102 (2020), p. e03272. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3272.
SAH_20231518S. 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_20231217Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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).
CPBR_2002615Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Gallagher_201515R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
SAH_201424J. 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_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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Draper_202333J. 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_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
SAH_202233S. 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_200633E. 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_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Vlasveld_201822C. 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.
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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.