Aristida macroclada subsp. macroclada
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Aristida macroclada Henrard subsp. macroclada
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Aristida macroclada Henrard var. macroclada (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (3), Metcalfe_2020_2 (16), NHNSW_2014 (1), Osborne_2014 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 27 records in 7 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): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2]
- 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): 222.75 mm2 (222.75-222.75 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Osborne_2014]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (1); tussock (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2020_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): tufted (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 15 | 16 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2023 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm. |
| Osborne_2014 | 1 | 1 | C. 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_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |