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Eucalyptus marginata subsp. marginata

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Sm. subsp. marginata

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Sm. var. marginata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus marginata subsp. elegantella Brooker & Hopper (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (41), CPBR_2002 (16), Kew_2019_1 (2), Nicolle_2006 (3), Portelli_2023 (29), Schulze_2006_2 (56), Stephens_2024 (8), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 168 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
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 682.45 mg (311.9-1661.78 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1567.43 mm2 (1005-2786 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 81.67 mm (55-125 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 23.75 mm (10-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 366.48 mg (264-608 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.65 cm (1-2.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 236.17 g/m2 (188.75-275.57 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (2); lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2); oblique (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (1); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.84 mg/g (8.8-13.9 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.1 {delta}[ppth] (-28.3--26.09 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.38 mg (3.15-11.24 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.58 mg/mm3 (0.52-0.64 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 21.67 m (4-40 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Schulze_2006_2756E. 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_20231641Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Portelli_20231129A. 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_2002516Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Stephens_202428R. 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_202236Australian 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/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.