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Bulbine semibarbata

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Family Asphodelaceae

Taxonomy: Bulbine semibarbata (R.Br.) Haw.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Anthericum semibarbatum R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bulbine floribunda Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bulbine semibarbata (R.Br.) Haw. f. semibarbata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bulbine semibarbata (R.Br.) Haw. var. semibarbata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bulbine semibarbata f. gracilescens Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bulbine semibarbata var. A (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bulbinopsis semibarbata (R.Br.) Borzi (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bulbinopsis semibarbata (R.Br.) Borzi var. semibarbata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Phalangium semibarbatum (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Triglochin racemosum Endl. (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Cheal_2017 (8), Chen_2017 (6), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2017 (13), Fonseca_2000 (4), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (6), Kew_2019_6 (5), Leishman_1992 (7), Mokany_2015 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2024 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (20), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (10), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), Tsakalos_2020 (16), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 62 traits from 200 records in 32 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.35 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (2-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 3.25 mm (2-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (6) [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; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 804.76 mm2 (354-1060.29 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 128.33 mm (15-270 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.97 mm (1-10 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 24 mg (24-24 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 31.95 g/m2 (25.94-68.03 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); terete (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (7); biennial (1); perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Leishman_1992; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Schmidt_1993; Tsakalos_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2); self (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyyyn (1); nnnnnnyyyyyy (2); ynnnnnyyyyyy (1); ynnnyyyyyyyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.01 mg (0.65-2.18 mg) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.37 m (0.07-0.5 m) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231420VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Tsakalos_20201516J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
NHNSW_2024914N. 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/.
ABRS_2023913Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Dwyer_2017313J. M. Dwyer and D. C. Laughlin. “Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: The importance of trait covariance in community assembly”. Ecology Letters 20.7 (2017), pp. 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781.
SAH_2023810S. 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/.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
NHNSW_2014_279Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cheal_201788D. 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.
Leishman_199277M. 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.
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.
Kew_2019_116Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_615Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Fonseca_200044C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
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.
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.
NSWFRD_201433B. 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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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/.
Mokany_201511K. 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.
SAH_201411J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.