Anthosachne kingiana
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Anthosachne kingiana (Endl.) Govaerts
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Agropyron kingianum (Endl.) Petrie (nomenclatural synonym)
- Anthosachne multiflora subsp. kingiana (Endl.) Barkworth & S.W.L.Jacobs (nomenclatural synonym)
- Elymus kingianus (Endl.) Á.Löve (nomenclatural synonym)
- Elymus multiflorus subsp. kingianus (Endl.) de Lange & R.O.Gardner (nomenclatural synonym)
- Elymus multiflorus var. kingianus (Endl.) Connor (nomenclatural synonym)
- Festuca kingiana (Endl.) Steud. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Triticum kingianum Endl. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Agropyron scabrum (R.Br.) P.Beauv. var. scabrum (misapplied)
- Festuca billardierei Steud. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 32 records in 6 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): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (1); tussock (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); self (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); epizoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): mammals (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 20 | 20 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| Draper_2023 | 3 | 3 | J. 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. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2023 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |