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Eucalyptus melanophloia subsp. melanophloia

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus melanophloia F.Muell. subsp. melanophloia

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus melanophloia F.Muell. var. melanophloia (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (23), Gallagher_2015 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Stephens_2024 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 42 records in 8 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_length (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231823Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Vlasveld_201855C. Vlasveld, B. O'Leary, F. Udovicic, and M. Burd. “Leaf heteroblasty in eucalypts: biogeographic evidence of ecological function”. Australian Journal of Botany 66.3 (2018), pp. 191-201. doi: 10.1071/bt17134.
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.
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.