Euryomyrtus ramosissima subsp. ramosissima

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Euryomyrtus ramosissima (A.Cunn.) Trudgen subsp. ramosissima

Synonyms: 16 (APC 2026-07-30)

Baeckea affinis Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Baeckea alpina Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
Baeckea diffusa Sieber ex DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Baeckea diffusa Sieber ex DC. var. diffusa (taxonomic synonym)
Baeckea diffusa var. striata DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Baeckea ramosissima A.Cunn. subsp. ramosissima (nomenclatural synonym)
Baeckea thymifolia Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Baeckia affinis Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Baeckia thymifolia Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Boeckia diffusa Meredith (taxonomic synonym)
Boeckia diffusa var. thymefolia Meredith (taxonomic synonym)
Euryomyrtus alpina (Lindl.) Schauer (taxonomic synonym)
Euryomyrtus diffusa (Sieber ex DC.) Schauer (taxonomic synonym)
Euryomyrtus leptospermoides Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Euryomyrtus stuartiana Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Euryomyrtus thymifolia (Hook.f.) Schauer (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Cheal_2017 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Pickup_2021 (3), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 117 records in 11 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): fire_killed (1); partial_resprouting (2); resprouts (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (4-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 4.25 mm (4-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 7.75 mm (2-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (2); narrowly_ovate (2); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (8) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1); zoochory (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnyyyyy (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.38 mg (0.38-0.38 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	60	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	13	17	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023	11	14	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Cheal_2017	5	5	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Pickup_2021	3	3	M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.