Eucalyptus ecostata
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Eucalyptus ecostata (Maiden) D.Nicolle & M.E.French
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eucalyptus falcata subsp. Jerramungup (Canning CBG 038636) NSW Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Eucalyptus falcata var. ecostata Maiden (basionym)
- Eucalyptus falcata var. extenta L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 55 records in 9 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]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
- fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: 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_length (numerical): 66.83 mm (35-83 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 20.67 mm (13-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (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]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
- 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): 1.07 mg (1.07-1.07 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 1.6 mm (1.2-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 5 m (5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 16 | 20 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Stephens_2024 | 9 | 20 | 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). |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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_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. |