Eucalyptus portuensis
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Eucalyptus portuensis K.D.Hill
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eucalyptus sp. (Mt Mulligan J.R.Clarkson 5889) (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Westoby_2014 (41). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 48 records in 4 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: Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 2354 mm2 (2354-2354 mm2) [sources: Westoby_2014]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 206.2 g/m2 (206.2-206.2 g/m2) [sources: Westoby_2014]
life history
- storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9.9 mg/g (9.9-9.9 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
- leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.39 mg/g (0.39-0.39 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
- leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.46 {delta}[ppth] (-26.46--26.46 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Westoby_2014]
stem morphology
- wood_density (numerical): 0.58 mg/mm3 (0.55-0.6 mg/mm3) [sources: Westoby_2014]
- huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westoby_2014 | 33 | 41 | S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x. |
| Clarke_2015 | 3 | 3 | P. 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. |
| 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. |
| Gallagher_2015 | 1 | 1 | R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015. |