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Eucalyptus willisii

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus willisii Ladiges, Humphries & Brooker

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus willisii Ladiges, Humphries & Brooker subsp. willisii (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus nitida Hook.f. (misapplied)
  • Eucalyptus x vitrea R.T.Baker (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (22), CPBR_2002 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (4), McGlone_2015 (6), Nicolle_2006 (3), Portelli_2023 (47), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (80), Stephens_2024 (19), Wenk_2022 (4), Wenk_2023 (2), White_2020 (36), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 281 records in 19 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_dry_mass (numerical): 57.88 mg (46.66-74.78 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.38 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5.75 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1667.37 mm2 (874.49-3009.43 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Staples_2019]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 118.6 mm (57-170 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 18.6 mm (6-29 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 363.44 mg (201.1-794.4 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023; Staples_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.23 cm (0.5-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 210.01 g/m2 (160.61-317.03 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Staples_2019]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (2); narrowly_lanceolate (2); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (3); tree (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (3); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); ynnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [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): 1.22 mg (0.45-6.5 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-2.5 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.58 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.64 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023; Staples_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Staples_2019480T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
Portelli_20231147A. 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_20201836M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Stephens_2024919R. 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).
SAH_20231317S. 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/.
RBGV_20231316VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Wenk_202224E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
Draper_202333J. 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.
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/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
Wenk_202312E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_200011I. 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.