AusTraits

Eucalyptus mediocris

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus mediocris L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus irritans L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Torrens Creek D.G.Fell+ DF1314) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Tng_2013 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 37 traits from 66 records in 11 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): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: 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): 1632 mm2 (1632-1632 mm2) [sources: Tng_2013]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 108.33 mm (60-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 22.17 mm (10-53 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.55 cm (0.8-2.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 217.65 g/m2 (217.65-217.65 g/m2) [sources: Tng_2013]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); oblique (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): tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnynnynn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.52 {delta}[ppth] (-30.52--30.52 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Tng_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.58 mg (0.58-0.58 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.69 mg/mm3 (0.69-0.69 mg/mm3) [sources: Tng_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]

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.
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).
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Tng_201366D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
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.
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.
Gallagher_201512R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.