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Aristida calycina var. praealta

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Aristida calycina var. praealta Domin

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aristida armata Henrard (taxonomic synonym)
  • Aristida praealta (Domin) Henrard (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (8), Leishman_1992 (5), Metcalfe_2020_2 (17), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (3), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wenk_2023_2 (2), White_2020 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 93 records in 14 datasets.

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

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.75 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 218.75 mm2 (100-337.5 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1992; Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 215 mm (180-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (2); flat (2); involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Osborne_2014; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (3); tussock (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); tufted (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2); wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (1); yyyynnnnyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201836M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Metcalfe_2020_21617D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
ABRS_202378Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202377VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Leishman_199255M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
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/.
NHNSW_202333N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023_212E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.
NHNSW_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm.
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.