AusTraits

Eucalyptus leptopoda subsp. leptopoda

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus leptopoda Benth. subsp. leptopoda

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 (21), ANBG_2019 (1), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Schulze_2006_2 (19), Stephens_2024 (4), 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 29 traits from 68 records in 12 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
fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 571.67 mm2 (450-648 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 96.67 mm (50-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.17 mm (4-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 227.33 mg (166-273 mg) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.15 cm (0.5-1.8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 394.84 g/m2 (369.45-421.51 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); linear (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 (3); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; 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 (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.17 mg/g (10.5-12.3 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.59 {delta}[ppth] (-27.2--26.24 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.45 mg (0.45-0.45 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.62 m (1-7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231621Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Schulze_2006_2719E. 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.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
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_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.