Eucalyptus diversifolia subsp. diversifolia

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus diversifolia Bonpl. subsp. diversifolia

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus diversifolia subsp. megacarpa I.J.Wright & Ladiges (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus firma Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus santalifolia F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus santalifolia F.Muell. var. santalifolia (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus santalifolia var. firma Miq. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus viminalis Labill. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), CPBR_2002 (7), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), RBGV_2022 (6), RBGV_2023 (22), Stephens_2024 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 109 records in 12 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 (3) [sources: Nicolle_2006; White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); caryopsis (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 70.83 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 16.5 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1.2-1.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnyyyyy (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
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): 1.34 mg (1.34-1.34 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
seed_shape (categorical): hemispheric_flattened (1); polyhedral (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 6 m (6-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	40	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	11	22	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	15	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.
RBGV_2022	3	6	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.