Eucalyptus sinuosa

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus sinuosa D.Nicolle, M.E.French & McQuoid

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus "petila" (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus petila A.E.Kelly, Napier & Hopper (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus petila Brooker & Kleinig (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus petila Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus sp. Fitzgerald River (M.I.H.Brooker 10923) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), Barrett_2009 (2), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Nicolle_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (8), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 54 records in 13 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: Barrett_2009; Nicolle_2006]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

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_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (50-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.35 cm (0.2-0.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (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 (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Barrett_2009; Nicolle_2006]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.16 mg (1.75-2.57 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
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.
Stephens_2024	5	8	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).
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_2006	2	4	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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.
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.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Barrett_2009	2	2	S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.