AusTraits

Arthropodium milleflorum

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Family Asparagaceae

Taxonomy: Arthropodium milleflorum (Redouté) J.F.Macbr.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Anthericum milleflorum Redouté (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Anthericum paniculatum Andrews (taxonomic synonym)
  • Arthropodium lindleyi Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
  • Arthropodium paniculatum (Andrews) R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Arthropodium paniculatum (Andrews) R.Br. var. paniculatum (taxonomic synonym)
  • Arthropodium sp. (Mt Cordeaux P.I.Forster+ PIF22065) (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Arthropodium minus R.Br. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (12), ANBG_2019 (10), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (16), Chen_2017 (6), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Farrell_2013 (113), Farrell_2017 (34), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Meers_2007 (11), Mokany_2015 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (8), NHNSW_2024 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (5), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (19), SAH_2023 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Williams_2011 (10), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 94 traits from 373 records in 33 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (8) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (3); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2508.42 mm2 (269.7-8011.06 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Mokany_2015; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 336.25 mm (30-600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10 mm (1-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 52.71 g/m2 (35.3-82.25 g/m2) [sources: Farrell_2013; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 5.39 mm2/mg (1.09-12.24 mm2/mg) [sources: Farrell_2013]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.27 g/g (0.09-0.5 g/g) [sources: Farrell_2013]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.18 g/g (0.18-0.18 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_stomatal_density_abaxial (numerical): 17.68 {count}/mm2 (11.78-22.29 {count}/mm2) [sources: Farrell_2013]
  • leaf_stomatal_density_adaxial (numerical): 14.81 {count}/mm2 (10.51-18.47 {count}/mm2) [sources: Farrell_2013]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (8) [sources: Cheal_2017; Farrell_2013; Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Morgan_2011_1; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Meers_2007; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (6) [sources: Draper_2023; Kew_2019_5; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnyy (6) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (2); transient (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3); vegetative (1) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): root_tuber (1); stem_tuber (1) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): root_tuber (1); stem_tuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (1); none (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.29 mg (0.38-2.23 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.12 mm (1.88-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.35 mm (1.1-1.6 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Farrell_201314113C. Farrell, C. Szota, N. S. G. Williams, and S. K. Arndt. “High water users can be drought tolerant: using physiological traits for green roof plant selection”. Plant and Soil 372.1-2 (2013), pp. 177-193. doi: 10.1007/s11104-013-1725-x.
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Farrell_2017634C. Farrell, C. Szota, and S. K. Arndt. “Does the turgor loss point characterize drought response in dryland plants?”. Plant, Cell & Environment 40.8 (2017), pp. 1500-1511. doi: 10.1111/pce.12948.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221620L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
RBGV_20231419VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_2017916D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
ABRS_2023812Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Meers_20071111T. Meers. “Role of plant functional traits in determining the response of vegetation to land use change on the Delatite Peninsula, Victoria.”. PhD. University of Melbourne, 2007.
NHNSW_2024811N. 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/.
ANBG_2019510Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
NHNSW_2014_268Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200648A. 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.
Chen_201766Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Leishman_199566M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
NSWFRD_201455B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Pickering_201444C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
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.
Carey_200333A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202333S. 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/.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.