AusTraits

Eucalyptus flocktoniae subsp. flocktoniae

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus flocktoniae (Maiden) Maiden subsp. flocktoniae

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_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), CPBR_2002 (7), Clarke_2015 (4), Gallagher_2015 (1), Gosper_2012 (6), Gosper_2018 (6), Nicolle_2006 (3), Portelli_2023 (20), Schulze_2006_2 (68), Stephens_2024 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 151 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 (6) [sources: Clarke_2015; Gosper_2012; Gosper_2018; Nicolle_2006; Schulze_2006_2]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 166.39 mg (138.08-194.7 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1122.08 mm2 (436-1641.67 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 77.5 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 16.83 mm (8-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 506.41 mg (176-728 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.6 cm (1-2.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 441.5 g/m2 (344.92-515.29 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (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 (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (3); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gosper_2012; Gosper_2018; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gosper_2018; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2); soil_seedbank_absent (2) [sources: Gosper_2012; Gosper_2018]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (2) [sources: Gosper_2012; Gosper_2018]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9.33 mg/g (8.2-11.2 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.81 {delta}[ppth] (-27.81--24.22 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.82 mg (0.76-0.89 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.85 mm (1.5-2.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.71 mg/mm3 (0.68-0.74 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 7.25 m (3.5-8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Schulze_2006_2768E. Schulze, N. C. Turner, D. Nicolle, and J. Schumacher. “Leaf and wood carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf areas and woodgrowth of Eucalyptus species across a rainfall gradient in Australia”. Tree Physiology 26.4 (2006), pp. 479-492. doi: 10.1093/treephys/26.4.479.
ABRS_20231620Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Portelli_20231120A. 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.
CPBR_200247Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Gosper_201266C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, and S. M. Prober. “Changes in plant species and functional composition with time since fire in two mediterranean climate plant communities”. Journal of Vegetation Science 23.6 (2012), pp. 1071-1081. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01434.x.
Gosper_201866C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, G. D. Cook, J. M. Harvey, A. C. Liedloff, W. L. McCaw, K. R. Thiele, and S. M. Prober. “A conceptual model of vegetation dynamics for the unique obligate-seeder eucalypt woodlands of south-western Australia”. Austral Ecology 43.6 (2018), pp. 681-695. doi: 10.1111/aec.12613.
Clarke_201544P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Stephens_202424R. 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_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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_223Western 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.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.