Eucalyptus tereticornis subsp. tereticornis

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm. subsp. tereticornis

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus coronata Maiden (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus insignis Naudin (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus subulata A.Cunn. ex Schauer (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm. var. tereticornis (nomenclatural synonym)
Eucalyptus umbellata (Gaertn.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus umbellata (Gaertn.) Domin var. umbellata (taxonomic synonym)
Leptospermum umbellatum Gaertn. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), ATRP_2020 (1), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Portelli_2023 (46), Stephens_2024 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 51 traits from 116 records in 14 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 (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 91.83 mg (68.86-111.3 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2417.13 mm2 (1529.67-3617.45 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
leaf_length (numerical): 131.67 mm (60-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 33.33 mm (10-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 465.71 mg (328.3-849 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.15 cm (1.3-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 187.36 g/m2 (154.14-240.55 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (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

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; CPBR_2002; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_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): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: 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): 0.25 mg (0.12-0.36 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
seed_length (numerical): 1.15 mm (0.8-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.54-0.63 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 50 m (50-50 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Portelli_2023	11	46	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	15	19	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.
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.
Vlasveld_2018	5	8	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.
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.
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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Gallagher_2015	1	1	R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.