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Eucalyptus myriadena

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus myriadena Brooker

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus myriadena Brooker subsp. myriadena (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus myriadena subsp. parviflora Brooker & Hopper (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus myriadena subsp. parviflora Brooker & Kleinig (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), ANBG_2019 (1), Burrows_2008_2 (3), Burrows_2020 (3), CPBR_2002 (8), Cochrane_2017 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Nicolle_2006 (3), Schulze_2006 (3), Schulze_2014 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (12), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (9), WAH_2023_2 (6), Wenk_2022 (6), Wenk_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 114 records in 20 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 (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cochrane_2017; Nicolle_2006]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 415.46 mm2 (413.84-417.08 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.75 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.9 cm (0.8-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 277.89 g/m2 (253.72-319.08 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (7); tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnynnnynynn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.94 mg/g (10.5-13.97 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.69 mg/g (1.69-1.69 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.26 {delta}[ppth] (-28.11--25.83 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.22 mg (0.16-0.41 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Cochrane_2017; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.5-1.3 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8.4 m (3-12 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231216Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Schulze_20141016E. 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.
Stephens_2024712R. 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).
WAH_2022_239Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
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.
WAH_2023_216Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202226E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
Burrows_2008_233N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202033N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Kew_2019_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the 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.
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.
Wenk_202313E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.