Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. cygnetensis

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. cygnetensis Boomsma

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus huberana Boomsma (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus huberiana Naudin (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus viminalis var. huberiana (Naudin) N.T.Burb. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus aromaphloia L.D.Pryor & J.H.Willis (misapplied)
Eucalyptus pryoriana L.A.S.Johnson (misapplied)
Eucalyptus viminalis var. racemosa F.Muell. ex Blakely (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Pollock_2012 (92), Portelli_2023 (46), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (7), SAH_2023 (5), Stephens_2024 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 209 records in 15 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): 84.4 mg (52-125 mg) [sources: Pollock_2012]
fruit_length (numerical): 6.31 mm (4-8.2 mm) [sources: Pollock_2012; ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.29 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Pollock_2012; ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1447.88 mm2 (568-2122.8 mm2) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
leaf_length (numerical): 112.5 mm (40-190 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 17.83 mm (7-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 300.52 mg (108-418 mg) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.25 cm (1-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 210.61 g/m2 (175.98-268.97 g/m2) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_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): nyynnnnnnnnn (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 (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.6 mg (0.44-0.82 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Pollock_2012]
seed_length (numerical): 1.8 mm (1.1-2.5 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.81 mg/mm3 (0.72-0.91 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 15 m (10-20 m) [sources: CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Pollock_2012	9	92	L. J. Pollock, W. K. Morris, and P. A. Vesk. “The role of functional traits in species distributions revealed through a hierarchical model”. Ecography 35.8 (2011), pp. 716-725. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07085.x.
Portelli_2023	8	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.
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.
ABRS_2023	10	15	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
RBGV_2023	7	7	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	5	5	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
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.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
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.