AusTraits

Eucalyptus cyanophylla

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus cyanophylla Brooker

Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus dumosa A.Cunn. ex J.Oxley (misapplied)
  • Eucalyptus pileata Blakely (misapplied)
  • Eucalyptus pileata Blakely (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (5), CPBR_2002 (7), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (2), McGlone_2015 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Nicolle_2006 (3), Pollock_2018 (64), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (23), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Vlasveld_2018 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 65 traits from 222 records in 24 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_dry_mass (numerical): 202.5 mg (106-336 mg) [sources: Pollock_2018]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8.75 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8.38 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 8.5 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1612.7 mm2 (754-2151 mm2) [sources: Pollock_2018; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 124.58 mm (60-160 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 29.5 mm (17-70 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 814.72 mg (441-1086.1 mg) [sources: Pollock_2018; Vlasveld_2018]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.92 cm (1.5-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 454.92 g/m2 (395.12-608.58 g/m2) [sources: Pollock_2018; Schulze_2006; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); narrowly_ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (3); not_glaucous (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (4); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_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): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnyyyyyyn (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • 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): 7.9 mg/g (7.9-7.9 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.01 {delta}[ppth] (-26.01--26.01 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.75 mg (0.55-27.2 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Pollock_2018]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.94 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.48 mm (1.48-1.48 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Pollock_2018664L. J. Pollock, L. T. Kelly, F. M. Thomas, P. Soe, W. K. Morris, M. White, and P. A. Vesk. “Combining functional traits, the environment and multiple surveys to understand semi-arid tree distributions”. Journal of Vegetation Science 29.6 (2018), pp. 967-977. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12686.
SAH_20231723S. 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/.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231416VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Stephens_2024916R. 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).
Vlasveld_2018511C. 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_200247Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
McGlone_201566M. 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.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NSWFRD_201444B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Munroe_201911S. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.