AusTraits

Eucalyptus miniata

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus miniata A.Cunn. ex Schauer

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus aurantiaca F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (1), CPBR_2002 (8), Cernusak_2006 (99), Cernusak_2011 (146), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (1), Dong_2017 (8), Eamus_1998 (15), Eamus_1999 (10), Eamus_2000 (5), Gallagher_2015 (1), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_1 (3), Lawes_2012 (51), Lord_1997 (3), Moles_2011 (7), Munroe_2019 (1), Myers_1997 (29), NTH_2014 (4), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (19), Nano_2011 (1), Nicolle_2006 (6), Prior_2000 (5), Rice_1991 (1), Richards_2008 (4), Rosell_2014 (8), Rumman_2018 (4), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (55), Schulze_1998 (148), Schulze_2014 (46), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (19), Sweedman_2006 (4), Togashi_2015 (2), Tomlinson_2013 (14), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3), Wright_2008 (57), Wright_2019 (452). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 126 traits from 1,286 records in 46 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (6) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006; RussellSmith_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 45.75 mm (30-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 31.75 mm (17-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 5297.34 mm2 (2117.68-23300 mm2) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Moles_2011; Prior_2000; Schulze_2014; Tomlinson_2013; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 122.5 mm (55-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 36.5 mm (10-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 827.46 mg (285.4-1771 mg) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Wright_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.78 cm (1.2-2.7 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 181.39 g/m2 (95.42-322.58 g/m2) [sources: Cernusak_2006; Cernusak_2011; Dong_2017; Eamus_1998; Eamus_1999; Moles_2011; Richards_2008; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014; Tomlinson_2013; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 5.28 mm2/mg (5.28-5.28 mm2/mg) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.55 g/g (0.38-0.72 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.29 g/g (0.06-0.5 g/g) [sources: Cernusak_2006; Moles_2011; Myers_1997; Schmidt_2003; Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Rumman_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); rounded (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Eamus_1998; Eamus_1999; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Moles_2011]
  • leaf_hairs_immature_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Moles_2011]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Eamus_1998; Eamus_1999; Munroe_2019; Schmidt_2003]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (13) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Eamus_1998; Eamus_1999; Lord_1997; Moles_2011; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; Rumman_2018; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (9) [sources: Eamus_1998; Eamus_1999; Myers_1997; NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014; Tomlinson_2013]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (8) [sources: Dong_2017; Eamus_1998; Eamus_1999; Richards_2008; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014; Wright_2008]
  • root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyynnnnn (1); ynnyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: NTH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: NTH_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.59 mg/g (3.39-21.82 mg/g) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Dong_2017; Eamus_1998; Eamus_1999; Richards_2008; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014; Tomlinson_2013; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.67 mg/g (0.31-1.72 mg/g) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Schulze_2014; Tomlinson_2013; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.8 {delta}[ppth] (-31.4--25.3 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Dong_2017; Rumman_2018; Schmidt_2003; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2014; Wright_2019]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 29.7 mg (6.76-62.5 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Lord_1997]
  • seed_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.54 mg/mm3 (0.43-0.92 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Rosell_2014; Wright_2008; Wright_2019]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Cernusak_2006; Prior_2000; Togashi_2015]
  • stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.33 g/g (0.33-0.33 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wright_201937452I. J. Wright, J. Cooke, L. A. Cernusak, L. B. Hutley, M. C. Scalon, W. C. Tozer, and C. E. R. Lehmann. “Stem diameter growth rates in a fire-prone savanna correlate with photosynthetic rate and branch-scale biomass allocation, but not specific leaf area”. Austral Ecology 44.2 (2018), pp. 339-350. doi: 10.1111/aec.12678.
Schulze_19988148E. -. Schulze, R. J. Williams, G. D. Farquhar, W. Schulze, J. Langridge, J. M. Miller, and B. H. Walker. “Carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination and nitrogen nutrition of trees along a rainfall gradient in northern Australia”. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 25.4 (1998), pp. 413-425. doi: 10.1071/PP97113.
Cernusak_201121146L. A. Cernusak, L. B. Hutley, J. Beringer, J. A. Holtum, and B. L. Turner. “Photosynthetic physiology of eucalypts along a sub-continental rainfall gradient in northern Australia”. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151.11 (2011), pp. 1462-1470. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.01.006.
Cernusak_20061099L. A. Cernusak, L. B. Hutley, J. Beringer, and N. J. Tapper. “Stem and leaf gas exchange and their responses to fire in a north Australian tropical savanna”. Plant, Cell and Environment 29.4 (2006), pp. 632-646. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01442.x.
Wright_2008957I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Trait data for Northern Territory savanna species, Macquarie University”. 2008.
Schmidt_20031155S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
Lawes_2012151M. J. Lawes, J. J. Midgley, and P. J. Clarke. “Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: A savanna/forest contrast”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2012), pp. 517-524. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12035.
Schulze_20141046E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0.
Myers_1997829B. A. Myers, G. A. Duff, D. Eamus, I. R. Fordyce, A. O'Grady, and R. J. Williams. “Seasonal Variation in Water Relations of Trees of Differing Leaf Phenology in a Wet - Dry Tropical Savanna near Darwin, Northern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany 45.2 (1997), p. 225. doi: 10.1071/bt96015.
NTH_20231519D. 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/.
Stephens_2024919R. 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_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Eamus_19981515D. Eamus and H. Prichard. “A cost-benefit analysis of leaves of four Australian savanna species”. Tree Physiology 18 (1998), pp. 537-545. doi: 10.1093/treephys/18.8-9.537.
Tomlinson_20131414K. 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.
Eamus_19991010D. Eamus, B. Myers, G. Duff, and D. Williams. “Seasonal changes in photosynthesis of eight savanna tree species”. Tree Physiology 19 (1999), pp. 665-671. doi: 10.1093/treephys/19.10.665.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Dong_201788N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
Rosell_201488J. A. Rosell, S. Gleason, R. Mendez-Alonzo, Y. Chang, and M. Westoby. “Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity”. New Phytologist 201.2 (2014), pp. 486-497. doi: 10.1111/nph.12541.
Moles_201177A. T. Moles, I. R. Wallis, W. J. Foley, D. I. Warton, J. C. Stegen, A. J. Bisigato, L. Cella-Pizarro, C. J. Clark, P. S. Cohen, W. K. Cornwell, W. Edwards, R. Ejrnaes, T. Gonzales-Ojeda, B. J. Graae, G. Hay, F. C. Lumbwe, B. Magana-Rodriguez, B. D. Moore, P. L. Peri, J. R. Poulsen, R. Veldtman, H. von Zeipel, N. R. Andrew, S. L. Boulter, E. T. Borer, F. F. Campon, M. Coll, A. G. Farji-Brener, J. D. Gabriel, E. Jurado, L. A. Kyhn, B. Low, C. P. H. Mulder, K. Reardon-Smith, J. Rodriguez-Velazquez, E. W. Seabloom, P. A. Vesk, A. van Cauter, M. S. Waldram, Z. Zheng, P. G. Blendinger, B. J. Enquist, J. M. Facelli, T. Knight, J. D. Majer, M. Martinez-Ramos, P. McQuillan, and L. D. Prior. “Putting plant resistance traits on the map: A test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes”. New Phytologist 191.3 (2011), pp. 777-788. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03732.x.
Nicolle_200636D. 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.
Eamus_200035D. Eamus, A. P. O'Grady, and L. Hutley. “Dry season conditions determine wet season water use in the wet-tropical savannas of northern Australia”. Tree Physiology 20.18 (2000), pp. 1219-1226. doi: 10.1093/treephys/20.18.1219.
Prior_200055L. D. Prior and D. Eamus. “Seasonal changes in hydraulic conductance, xylem embolism and leaf area in Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Eucalyptus miniata in a north Australian savanna”. Plant, Cell & Environment 23.9 (2000), pp. 955-965. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2000.00612.x.
NTH_201444Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
Richards_200844A. Richards and I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Transcription of Australian plant functional trait data from Ian Wright's collection of papers, Macquarie University”. 2009.
Rumman_201844R. Rumman, O. K. Atkin, K. J. Bloomfield, and D. Eamus. “Variation in bulk-leaf 13C discrimination, leaf traits and wateruse efficiency-trait relationships along a continental-scale climate gradient in Australia”. Global Change Biology 24 (2018), pp. 1186-1200. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13911.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
Ilic_200013J. 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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Lord_199733J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x.
NTH_202233D. 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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wright_200033I. 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.
Togashi_201512H. F. Togashi, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, D. I. Forrester, P. Drake, P. Feikema, K. Brooksbank, D. Eamus, and D. Taylor. “Morphological and moisture availability controls of the leaf area-to-sapwood area ratio: analysis of measurements on Australian trees”. Ecology and Evolution 5.6 (2015), pp. 1263-1270. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1344.
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.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Crowley_200711G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Munroe_201911S. 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.
Nano_201111C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Rice_199111B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.