Cenchrus polystachios
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone subsp. polystachios (nomenclatural synonym)
- Panicum polystachion L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. subsp. polystachion (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pennisetum polystachyon Vickery (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pennisetum polystachyum Schult. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_2 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 27 records in 4 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): andromonoecious (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 1425 mm2 (1425-1425 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_length (numerical): 250 mm (100-400 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (3-16 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tussock (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1); therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); epizoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.4 mg (0.4-0.4 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 18 | 20 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |