Eucalyptus victrix

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus victrix L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus coolabah var. rhodoclada Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus sp. Marandoo (M.E.Trudgen 10362) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Grigg_2008 (37), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (20), Nano_2011 (5), Nicolle_2006 (3), Pfautsch_2016 (16), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schulze_2006 (3), Schulze_2006_2 (37), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (2), Stephens_2024 (19), Sweedman_2006 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (8), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 77 traits from 220 records in 28 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 (7) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006; RussellSmith_2012; Schulze_2006_2]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1860.16 mm2 (999-3212 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Vlasveld_2018]
leaf_length (numerical): 122.3 mm (78-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 23.4 mm (8-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 496.61 mg (243-970 mg) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Vlasveld_2018]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (0.7-2.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 266.01 g/m2 (233.58-301.88 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Vlasveld_2018]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (2); lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Grigg_2008; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Grigg_2008]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Grigg_2008]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (1); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyynnyn (1); yyynnnnnnnyn (1); yyynnnyynnyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2021; Stephens_2024]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3); epicormic_buds (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.11 mg/g (9.9-13.8 mg/g) [sources: Grigg_2008; Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.42 mg/g (0.42-0.42 mg/g) [sources: Grigg_2008]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.48 {delta}[ppth] (-30.35--25.45 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Grigg_2008; Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.64 mg (0.56-0.73 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2); ovoid_flattened (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.63 mg/mm3 (0.63-0.63 mg/mm3) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 10.28 {count}/mm2 (8.68-11.42 {count}/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 129.29 um (118.27-142.72 um) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.15 mm2/mm2 (0.12-0.19 mm2/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 12.88 m (1-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Grigg_2008	22	37	A. M. Grigg, E. J. Veneklaas, and H. Lambers. “Water relations and mineral nutrition of closely related woody plant species on desert dunes and interdunes”. Australian Journal of Botany 56.1 (2008), pp. 27-43. doi: 10.1071/bt06205.
Schulze_2006_2	7	37	E. 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_2023	17	21	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023	16	20	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Stephens_2024	9	19	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).
Pfautsch_2016	6	16	S. Pfautsch. “Vessel diameter and related hydraulic traits of 31 Eucalyptus species arrayed along a gradient of water availability”. Ecology 97.6 (2016), pp. 1626-1626. doi: 10.1890/16-0147.1.
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.
Nano_2011	3	5	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
RussellSmith_2012	4	4	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.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.
Schulze_2006	3	3	E. 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.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Stephens_2021	1	2	R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.