Eucalyptus falciformis
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Eucalyptus falciformis (Newnham, Ladiges & Whiffin) Rule
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eucalyptus willisii subsp. falciformis Newnham, Ladiges & Whiffin (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eucalyptus aff. willisii (South-western Victoria) (misapplied)
- Eucalyptus amygdalina Labill. (pro parte misapplied)
- Eucalyptus nitida Hook.f. (misapplied)
- Eucalyptus virgata Sieber ex Spreng. (pro parte misapplied)
- Eucalyptus willisii Ladiges, Humphries & Brooker subsp. willisii (pro parte misapplied)
- Eucalyptus x vitrea R.T.Baker (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA, Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (13), CPBR_2002 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Pollock_2012 (330), Portelli_2023 (50), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 57 traits from 492 records in 15 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_dry_mass (numerical): 70.71 mg (35-106 mg) [sources: Pollock_2012]
- fruit_length (numerical): 7.15 mm (4.9-9.1 mm) [sources: Pollock_2012; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
- fruit_width (numerical): 5.62 mm (3.8-8 mm) [sources: Pollock_2012; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
- fruit_height (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 1916.1 mm2 (537-7519 mm2) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
- leaf_length (numerical): 130.62 mm (75-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 24.6 mm (9-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
- leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 387.89 mg (120-1605 mg) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 200.61 g/m2 (143.47-272.82 g/m2) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (2); tree (5) [sources: CPBR_2002; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: 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): bird (1); insect (3); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024; 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 (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.64 mg (0.54-0.86 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Pollock_2012]
- seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-2.5 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]
- seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
- wood_density (numerical): 0.8 mg/mm3 (0.75-0.85 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 17.5 m (15-20 m) [sources: CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollock_2012 | 9 | 330 | L. J. Pollock, W. K. Morris, and P. A. Vesk. “The role of functional traits in species distributions revealed through a hierarchical model”. Ecography 35.8 (2011), pp. 716-725. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07085.x. |
| Portelli_2023 | 8 | 50 | A. 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. |
| White_2020 | 18 | 36 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| RBGV_2023 | 15 | 20 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Stephens_2024 | 9 | 17 | 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_2023 | 9 | 13 | 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 | 5 | 8 | Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html. |
| 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. |
| Draper_2023 | 3 | 3 | J. 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. |
| 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. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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. |