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Eucalyptus phaenophylla

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus phaenophylla Brooker & Hopper

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus phaenophylla Brooker & Hopper subsp. phaenophylla (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus phaenophylla subsp. interjacens Brooker & Hopper (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sparsicoma Brooker & Hopper (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sparsicoma Brooker & Kleinig (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (36), CPBR_2002 (14), Clarke_2015 (2), Gallagher_2015 (1), Gosper_2012 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Nicolle_2006 (3), Portelli_2023 (20), Schulze_2006 (3), Schulze_2006_2 (55), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (80), Stephens_2024 (16), Sweedman_2006 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (16), 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 52 traits from 292 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 133.32 mg (131.98-134.66 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 785.02 mm2 (310-1518.95 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2; Staples_2019; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 61.9 mm (43-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.9 mm (7-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 298.27 mg (112-583.2 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2; Staples_2019; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 390.69 g/m2 (224.62-481.85 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Staples_2019; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (8); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gosper_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Gosper_2012]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: Gosper_2012]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.31 mg/g (7.6-9.1 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.63 {delta}[ppth] (-28.08--25.77 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.45 mg (0.05-0.72 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.4 mm (0.8-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.81 mg/mm3 (0.73-0.89 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023; Staples_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4.21 m (1-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

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.
Schulze_2006_2755E. Schulze, N. C. Turner, D. Nicolle, and J. Schumacher. “Leaf and wood carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf areas and woodgrowth of Eucalyptus species across a rainfall gradient in Australia”. Tree Physiology 26.4 (2006), pp. 479-492. doi: 10.1093/treephys/26.4.479.
ABRS_20231536Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Portelli_20231120A. 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.
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).
Vlasveld_2018516C. 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_2002414Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
WAH_2022_239Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
Gosper_201266C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, and S. M. Prober. “Changes in plant species and functional composition with time since fire in two mediterranean climate plant communities”. Journal of Vegetation Science 23.6 (2012), pp. 1071-1081. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01434.x.
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.
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.
Clarke_201522P. 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_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.