Eucalyptus ovata subsp. ovata

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus ovata Labill. subsp. ovata

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus muelleri Naudin (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus ovata Labill. var. ovata (nomenclatural synonym)
Eucalyptus paludosa R.T.Baker (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus stuartiana F.Muell. ex Miq. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus stuartiana F.Muell. ex Miq. var. stuartiana (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus stuartiana var. longifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus acervula Sieber ex DC. (misapplied)
Eucalyptus gunnii Hook.f. (misapplied)
Eucalyptus gunnii var. acervula (Sieber ex DC.) H.Deane & Maiden (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), CPBR_2002 (8), Cheal_2017 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Mokany_2015 (3), Nicolle_2006 (3), Pollock_2012 (169), Portelli_2023 (99), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (11), Stephens_2024 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 57 traits from 363 records in 16 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 (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Nicolle_2006]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

fruit morphology

fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 85.48 mg (30.92-186 mg) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
fruit_length (numerical): 8.8 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: Pollock_2012; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 7.22 mm (5.6-9.1 mm) [sources: Pollock_2012; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3436.28 mm2 (1355-5603.67 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
leaf_length (numerical): 105.83 mm (30-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 36.17 mm (16-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 678.35 mg (152-1356 mg) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.4 cm (1.5-3.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 195.33 g/m2 (112.18-282.72 g/m2) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: 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): nnnnnyyyynnn (1) [sources: 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 (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.51 mg (0.13-0.86 mg) [sources: Mokany_2015; Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.67 mg/mm3 (0.53-0.9 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Mokany_2015]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Pollock_2012	9	169	L. J. Pollock, W. K. Morris, and P. A. Vesk. “The role of functional traits in species distributions revealed through a hierarchical model”. Ecography 35.8 (2011), pp. 716-725. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07085.x.
Portelli_2023	11	99	A. M. Portelli, S. M. Windecker, L. J. Pollock, W. C. Neal, W. K. Morris, R. Khot, and P. A. Vesk. “From mallees to mountain ash, specific leaf area is coordinated with eucalypt tree stature, resprouting, stem construction, and fruit size”. Australian Journal of Botany 71.8 (2023). Ed. by D. Williams, pp. 506-522. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23028.
ABRS_2023	16	20	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
RBGV_2023	11	11	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Vlasveld_2018	5	10	C. Vlasveld, B. O'Leary, F. Udovicic, and M. Burd. “Leaf heteroblasty in eucalypts: biogeographic evidence of ecological function”. Australian Journal of Botany 66.3 (2018), pp. 191-201. doi: 10.1071/bt17134.
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.
Cheal_2017	8	8	D. 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.
Stephens_2024	2	4	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).
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.
Mokany_2015	3	3	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Nicolle_2006	3	3	D. 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.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Gallagher_2015	1	1	R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.