Eucalyptus canescens subsp. canescens
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Eucalyptus canescens D.Nicolle subsp. canescens
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eucalyptus concinna Maiden & Blakely (pro parte misapplied)
- Eucalyptus striaticalyx W.Fitzg. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), CPBR_2002 (7), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Stephens_2024 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 48 records in 10 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]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 2248.1 mm2 (2227.55-2268.65 mm2) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
- leaf_length (numerical): 94.17 mm (60-145 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 42.17 mm (17-58 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
- leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 733.8 mg (713.6-754 mg) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 326.35 g/m2 (320.35-332.36 g/m2) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (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 (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.78 mg (1.78-1.78 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (1.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 16 | 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. |
| CPBR_2002 | 4 | 7 | Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html. |
| Vlasveld_2018 | 4 | 7 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |