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Amaranthus grandiflorus

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Amaranthus grandiflorus (J.M.Black) J.M.Black

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Amaranthus mitchellii var. grandiflora J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Amaranthus mitchellii var. grandiflorus J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2024 (5), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (16), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 89 records in 13 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
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.45 mm (0.7-2.2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): utricle (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (4) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 38.75 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.25 mm (4-20 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (3); rhomboidal (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (3) [sources: NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); epizoochory (1); hydrochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); birds (1); invertebrates (1); vertebrates (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.88 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (3); ovoid (1) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NTH_20231216D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
RBGV_20231013VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023810S. 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/.
NHNSW_202455N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
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.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.