AusTraits

Eucalyptus kessellii subsp. kessellii

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus kessellii Maiden & Blakely subsp. kessellii

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), ANBG_2019 (1), Gallagher_2015 (1), Stephens_2024 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (15), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 52 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2070.95 mm2 (2032.6-2111.1 mm2) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 83.75 mm (30-145 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (15-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 788.8 mg (739.65-842.3 mg) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.8 cm (1.5-4.1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 380.73 g/m2 (363.72-398.99 g/m2) [sources: Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (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 (3); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.42 mg (1.42-1.42 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8 m (2-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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.
Vlasveld_2018515C. Vlasveld, B. O'Leary, F. Udovicic, and M. Burd. “Leaf heteroblasty in eucalypts: biogeographic evidence of ecological function”. Australian Journal of Botany 66.3 (2018), pp. 191-201. doi: 10.1071/bt17134.
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.
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_212Western 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.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.