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Vachellia bidwillii

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Vachellia bidwillii (Benth.) Kodela

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia bidwilli Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Acacia bidwillii Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Acacia bidwillii Benth. var. bidwillii (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Acacia bidwillii var. polytricha Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia bidwillii var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia leptoclada var. ? polyphylla Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Ilic_2000 (1), Jagdish_2020 (7), Maslin_2012 (11), Tomlinson_2013 (19), Tomlinson_2019 (384), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 455 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
fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1160 mm2 (1160-1160 mm2) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 7.76 mm (1-42 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.5-1.1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.7 cm (0.4-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 43.46 g/m2 (28.79-63.09 g/m2) [sources: Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 9.06 mm2/mg (9.06-9.06 mm2/mg) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.39-0.39 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.35 g/g (0.35-0.35 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Maslin_2012; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (1); evergreen (1) [sources: Maslin_2012; Tomlinson_2013]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 29.74 mg/g (13.04-42.39 mg/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.6 mg/g (0.98-8 mg/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 207.68 mg (207.68-207.68 mg) [sources: Jagdish_2020]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.67 mg/mm3 (0.67-0.67 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
  • stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.21 g/g (0.21-0.21 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.75 m (1.5-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Maslin_2012]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Tomlinson_201911384K. W. Tomlinson, F. J. Sterck, E. R. M. Barbosa, S. de Bie, H. H. T. Prins, and F. van Langevelde. “Seedling growth of savanna tree species from three continents under grass competition and nutrient limitation in a greenhouse experiment”. Journal of Ecology 107.3 (2019), pp. 1051-1066. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13085.
ABRS_20231119Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Tomlinson_20131919K. W. Tomlinson, L. Poorter, F. J. Sterck, F. Borghetti, D. Ward, S. de Bie, and F. van Langevelde. “Leaf adaptations of evergreen and deciduous trees of semi-arid and humid savannas on three continents”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2013), pp. 430-440. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12056.
Maslin_2012811B. Maslin. WATTLE, Interactive Identification of Australian Acacia. Version 2. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 2014.
Jagdish_202027A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Ilic_200011J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.