AusTraits

Eucalyptus odorata

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus odorata Behr

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus fruticetorum F.Muell. ex Miq. (doubtful pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus odorata Behr var. odorata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus odorata var. angustifolia Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus odorata var. erythrandra F.Muell. ex Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus odorata var. refracta Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus polybractea R.T.Baker (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (40), ANBG_2019 (5), CPBR_2002 (8), Cheal_2017 (8), Dong_2017 (15), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), Morgan_2021 (12), Munroe_2019 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (16), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (80), Stephens_2024 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 66 traits from 255 records in 23 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.88 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 669.48 mm2 (438.79-1418.65 mm2) [sources: Morgan_2021; Staples_2019]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 85 mm (40-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.1 mm (4-23 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 200.48 mg (126.54-378.6 mg) [sources: Morgan_2021; Staples_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.02 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 311.2 g/m2 (208.64-358.58 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017; Morgan_2021; Schulze_2006; Staples_2019]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (3); narrowly_lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (3); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (2); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyyynnn (1); nnyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.24 mg/g (10.1-14.49 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017; Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.83 {delta}[ppth] (-28.66--26.64 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017; Schulze_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.34 mg (0.24-2.45 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.18 mm (0.96-1.8 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.73 mm (0.73-0.73 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.85 mg/mm3 (0.8-0.9 mg/mm3) [sources: Staples_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Staples_2019480T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
ABRS_20231240Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_20231216S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Stephens_2024916R. 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).
Dong_2017815N. 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.
Morgan_2021312R. Morgan, I. Martín-Forés, E. Leitch, and G. Guerin. Assessment of protocols and variance for specific leaf area (SLA) in 10 Eucalyptus species to inform functional trait sampling strategies for TERN Ausplots. 2021. doi: 10.25909/14197298.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Cheal_201788D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
ABRS_202236Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
SAH_201424J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
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.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.