AusTraits

Eucalyptus vittata

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus vittata D.Nicolle

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus dendrosheath D.Nicolle (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. Southern Goldfields (D.Nicolle & M.French DN 3652) D.Nicolle (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), Nicolle_2006 (3), Schulze_2006_2 (7), Schulze_2014 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 77 records in 12 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • 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_area (numerical): 1139.67 mm2 (1044-1301.86 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 110 mm (70-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (7-23 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 453 mg (453-453 mg) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.8 cm (1.1-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 410.5 g/m2 (358.48-439.14 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (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 (1); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynynnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 10.2 mg/g (9.8-10.5 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.14 mg/g (1.14-1.14 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.04 {delta}[ppth] (-27.37--24.6 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.83 mg (0.76-0.9 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 14 m (14-14 m) [sources: ABRS_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.
Schulze_20141016E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0.
Stephens_2024916R. 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).
Schulze_2006_277E. 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.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.