AusTraits

Eucalyptus megacornuta

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus megacornuta C.A.Gardner

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA, Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (5), Barrett_2009 (12), CPBR_2002 (7), Cochrane_2017 (8), Cochrane_2018 (15), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (3), Nicolle_2006 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (80), Stephens_2024 (17), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 212 records in 22 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
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (5) [sources: Barrett_2009; Cochrane_2017; Cochrane_2018; Nicolle_2006]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Barrett_2009]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 26.5 mm (18-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 31.33 mm (23-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1331.17 mm2 (836.94-1665.49 mm2) [sources: Staples_2019]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 80 mm (35-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 23.5 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 352.13 mg (199-472.9 mg) [sources: Staples_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 253.27 g/m2 (228.58-296.37 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006; Staples_2019]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnynnnnyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (3) [sources: Barrett_2009; Cochrane_2018]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 10 mg/g (10-10 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.65 {delta}[ppth] (-27.65--27.65 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.5 mg (2.61-7.4 mg) [sources: Cochrane_2017; Cochrane_2018; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.64 mm (1.5-4 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.99 mm (1.99-1.99 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2); polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.81 mg/mm3 (0.77-0.84 mg/mm3) [sources: Staples_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 12.5 m (4-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Staples_2019480T. 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.
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.
Stephens_2024917R. 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).
Cochrane_2018515A. Cochrane. “Temperature thresholds for germination in 20 short-range endemic plant species from a Greenstone Belt in southern Western Australia”. Plant Biology 22.S1 (2019). Ed. by J. Scheepens, pp. 103-112. doi: 10.1111/plb.12951.
RBGV_20231315VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Barrett_2009612S. 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.
Cochrane_201748A. Cochrane. “Modelling seed germination response to temperature in Eucalyptus Her. (Myrtaceae) species in the context of global warming”. Seed Science Research 27.2 (2017), pp. 99-109. doi: 10.1017/s0960258517000010.
CPBR_200247Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Wright_200044I. 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.
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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
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.
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.