AusTraits

Eucalyptus melanophloia subsp. nana

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus melanophloia subsp. nana D.Nicolle & Kleinig

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus melanophloia subsp. (Dajarra V.J.Neldner 1523) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus melanophloia subsp. Dajarra (V.J.Neldner 1523) Qld Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (23), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Nicolle_2006 (3), Stephens_2024 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 40 records in 9 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): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (2); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.34 mg (0.34-0.34 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology

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.
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.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the 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.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
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.