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Anthosachne rectiseta

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Anthosachne rectiseta (Nees) Barkworth & S.W.L.Jacobs

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Anthosachne australasica Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Anthosachne australasica var. typica C.Yen & J.L.Yang (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elymus rectisetus (Nees) Á.Löve & Connor (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Festuca rectiseta (Nees) Walp. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vulpia rectisecta A.D.Chapm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vulpia rectiseta Nees (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Agropyron scabrum (R.Br.) P.Beauv. (misapplied)
  • Agropyron scabrum (R.Br.) P.Beauv. var. scabrum (misapplied)
  • Triticum scabrum R.Br. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, NSW, NI, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (6), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (6), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 34 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 184.5 mm (28-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.63 mm (1.5-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2); involute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Osborne_2014]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (2); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): self (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); epizoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_202367VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202346Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202356N. 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/.
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.
NHNSW_202233N. 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_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Osborne_201411C. Osborne, A. Salomaa, T. Kluyver, V. Visser, E. Kellogg, O. Morrone, M. Vorontsova, W. Clayton, and D. Simpson. “A global database of C4 photosynthesis in grasses”. New Phytologist 204 (2014), pp. 441-446. doi: 10.1111/nph.12942.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.