AusTraits

Eucalyptus socialis subsp. viridans

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus socialis subsp. viridans D.Nicolle

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus socialis subsp. "glossy leaves" (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus socialis subsp. Glossy green (P.D.Lang 804) D.Nicolle (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus transcontinentalis Maiden (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), CPBR_2002 (7), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), Stephens_2024 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 60 records in 11 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
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 18 mm (18-18 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 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_length (numerical): 77.5 mm (45-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (1-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (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
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.61 mg (0.61-0.61 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.85 mm (1.5-2.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.67 m (5-7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231620Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231315VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
CPBR_200247Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Stephens_202424R. 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_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.