Eucalyptus elegans
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Eucalyptus elegans A.R.Bean
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eucalyptus sp. (Chinchilla L.Pedley 4022) (taxonomic synonym)
- Eucalyptus sp. (Inglewood P.Grimshaw+ PG846) (taxonomic synonym)
- Eucalyptus sp. Gilgandra (D.J.Carr+ 352) (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Moore_2019 (114), Nicolle_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 129 records in 8 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
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 1035.06 mm2 (659.14-1470.32 mm2) [sources: Moore_2019]
- leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 193.06 mg (125.32-337.37 mg) [sources: Moore_2019]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 186.05 g/m2 (148.97-248.14 g/m2) [sources: Moore_2019]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13.55 mg/g (11.02-17.78 mg/g) [sources: Moore_2019]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.11 mg (0.11-0.11 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore_2019 | 7 | 114 | B. D. Moore and J. L. DeGabriel. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits of the Eucalyptus series Siderophloiae, Western Sydney University”. 2019. |
| 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. |
| Kew_2019_6 | 1 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| 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. |