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Eucalyptus loxophleba

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus loxophleba Benth.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus foecunda var. loxophleba (Benth.) W.Fitzg. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (1), Barrett_2009 (3), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_3 (3), Kew_2019_6 (6), Milberg_1997 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), Pfautsch_2016 (16), Schulze_2006 (3), Schulze_2014 (3), Shedley_2007 (114), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (75), Stephens_2021 (1), Stephens_2024 (16), Sweedman_2006 (4), Togashi_2015 (1), Turner_2010 (49), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 56 traits from 348 records in 28 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.25 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (4-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 928.3 mm2 (606.33-1252.91 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2014; Staples_2019; Turner_2010]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 113.75 mm (70-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (10-33 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 257.22 mg (179.62-419.2 mg) [sources: Staples_2019; Turner_2010]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.15 cm (0.8-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 306.83 g/m2 (224.81-400.66 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006; Staples_2019; Turner_2010]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (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
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Kew_2019_3; Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (7); tree (19) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; Shedley_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnyyyyyy (1); yynnyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2021; Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (19) [sources: Shedley_2007]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (22) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Shedley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.98 mg/g (10.96-17.44 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006; Turner_2010]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.74 {delta}[ppth] (-27.12--24.09 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006; Turner_2010]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.54 mg (0.24-1.53 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Milberg_1997]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.89 mg/mm3 (0.8-0.97 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Pfautsch_2016]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Togashi_2015]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 61.58 {count}/mm2 (56.17-65.76 {count}/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 52.65 um (48.05-59.45 um) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.15 mm2/mm2 (0.13-0.18 mm2/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 15 m (15-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Shedley_20076114E. F. Shedley. Fire and Biodiversity Guidelines for the Avon Basin: Consultant Report to the Avon Catchment Council and the Department of Environment and Conservation, August 2007. Tech. rep. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, 2007.
Staples_2019375T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
Turner_2010749N. C. Turner, E. Schulze, D. Nicolle, and I. Kuhlmann. “Growth in two common gardens reveals species by environment interaction in carbon isotope discrimination of Eucalyptus”. Tree Physiology 30.6 (2010), pp. 741-747. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpq029.
ABRS_20231217Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Pfautsch_2016616S. Pfautsch. “Vessel diameter and related hydraulic traits of 31 Eucalyptus species arrayed along a gradient of water availability”. Ecology 97.6 (2016), pp. 1626-1626. doi: 10.1890/16-0147.1.
Stephens_2024916R. 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).
Kew_2019_616Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Milberg_199766P. Milberg and B. B. Lamont. “Seed/cotyledon size and nutrient content play a major role in early performance of species on nutrient-poor soils”. New Phytologist 137.4 (1997), pp. 665-672. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00870.x.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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.
Barrett_200933S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_333Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Schulze_200633E. Schulze, N. C. Turner, D. Nicolle, and J. Schumacher. “Species differences in carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf area and nitrogen concentrations in leaves of Eucalyptus growing in a common garden compared with along an aridity gradient”. Physiologia Plantarum 127.3 (2006), pp. 434-444. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00682.x.
Schulze_201413E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wright_200033I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
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/.
Ilic_200011J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Stephens_202111R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
Togashi_201511H. F. Togashi, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, D. I. Forrester, P. Drake, P. Feikema, K. Brooksbank, D. Eamus, and D. Taylor. “Morphological and moisture availability controls of the leaf area-to-sapwood area ratio: analysis of measurements on Australian trees”. Ecology and Evolution 5.6 (2015), pp. 1263-1270. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1344.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.