Eucalyptus melanophloia

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus melanophloia F.Muell.

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

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Ilic_2000 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Moore_2019 (210), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (23), Ooi_2007 (52), Pate_1998 (6), Schmidt_2010 (323), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (13), Stewart_1995 (8), Tomlinson_2013 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 88 traits from 748 records in 26 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Stephens_2024]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_height (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2597.69 mm2 (552.52-5420 mm2) [sources: Moore_2019; Tomlinson_2013]
leaf_length (numerical): 66.25 mm (35-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 35.1 mm (20-53 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 300.7 mg (117.7-600.72 mg) [sources: Moore_2019]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 167.27 g/m2 (92.08-230.79 g/m2) [sources: Moore_2019; Schulze_2006; Tomlinson_2013]
leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 5.21 mm2/mg (5.21-5.21 mm2/mg) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.48 g/g (0.48-0.48 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.37 g/g (0.37-0.37 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (2); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5) [sources: Munroe_2019; Pate_1998; Schmidt_2010; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (1); tree (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Pate_1998; Schmidt_2010; Stewart_1995; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Pate_1998; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Schmidt_2010; Stewart_1995; Tomlinson_2013]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Pate_1998; Schmidt_2010; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.55 mg/g (7.74-21.46 mg/g) [sources: Moore_2019; Schmidt_2010; Schulze_2006; Tomlinson_2013]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.19 mg/g (0.3-2.45 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2010; Tomlinson_2013]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.81 {delta}[ppth] (-29.53--24.6 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Pate_1998; Schmidt_2010; Schulze_2006; Stewart_1995]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.59 mg (0.32-0.79 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Ooi_2007]
seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002; NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.93 mg/mm3 (0.92-0.94 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.39-0.39 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 17.8 m (4-25 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Schmidt_2010	20	323	S. Schmidt, R. E. Lamble, R. J. Fensham, and I. Siddique. “Effect of woody vegetation clearing on nutrient and carbon relations of semi-arid dystrophic savanna”. Plant and Soil 331.1-2 (2009), pp. 79-90. doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-0233-5.
Moore_2019	7	210	B. D. Moore and J. L. DeGabriel. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits of the Eucalyptus series Siderophloiae, Western Sydney University”. 2019.
Ooi_2007	2	52	M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
NTH_2023	17	23	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	13	18	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	12	16	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Tomlinson_2013	14	14	K. W. Tomlinson, L. Poorter, F. J. Sterck, F. Borghetti, D. Ward, S. de Bie, and F. van Langevelde. “Leaf adaptations of evergreen and deciduous trees of semi-arid and humid savannas on three continents”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2013), pp. 430-440. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12056.
Stephens_2024	8	13	R. 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_2002	5	8	Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Stewart_1995	6	8	G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Wright_2000	7	7	I. 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.
Pate_1998	6	6	J. S. Pate, M. J. Unkovich, P. D. Erskine, and G. R. Stewart. “Australian mulga ecosystems- 13C and 15N natural abundances of biota components and their ecophysiological significance”. Plant, Cell and Environment 21.12 (1998), pp. 1231-1242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00359.x.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_6	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Schulze_2006	3	3	E. 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.
Ilic_2000	1	2	J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.