AusTraits

Eucalyptus decurva

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus decurva F.Muell.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (16), ANBG_2019 (5), Barrett_2009 (11), CPBR_2002 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Portelli_2023 (29), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Sweedman_2006 (4), 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 42 traits from 104 records in 14 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): 319.17 mg (277.96-348.08 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 9 mm (7-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8.75 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1353.5 mm2 (1015.67-1543 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 73.33 mm (35-105 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 29.5 mm (12-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 382.38 mg (229.9-486.3 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.4 cm (1-1.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 275.91 g/m2 (225.67-315.21 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (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 (5); shrub (1) [sources: Barrett_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnynynynynn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (3); basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Barrett_2009; Nicolle_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.8 mg (1.43-2.17 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.48 mm (1.8-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.58 mm (1.58-1.58 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.61 mg/mm3 (0.6-0.62 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.12 m (1.5-5 m) [sources: CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Portelli_20231129A. M. Portelli, S. M. Windecker, L. J. Pollock, W. C. Neal, W. K. Morris, R. Khot, and P. A. Vesk. “From mallees to mountain ash, specific leaf area is coordinated with eucalypt tree stature, resprouting, stem construction, and fruit size”. Australian Journal of Botany 71.8 (2023). Ed. by D. Williams, pp. 506-522. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23028.
ABRS_20231116Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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).
Barrett_2009311S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
CPBR_200247Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.