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Chloris ventricosa

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Chloris ventricosa R.Br.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Chloris sclerantha Lindl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chloris ventricosa R.Br. var. ventricosa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Chloris ventricosa var. tenuis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (10), Draper_2023 (3), GrassBase_2014 (8), Hughes_1992 (2), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (7), Leishman_1992 (7), Metcalfe_2020_2 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (6), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (7), Simpson_2021 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soliveres_2012 (3), Vesk_2004 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 133 records in 23 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
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.28 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; 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]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 144.81 mm2 (102.9-187.5 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1992; Metcalfe_2020_2; Vesk_2004]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 110 mm (40-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; Metcalfe_2020_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.62 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 89.78 g/m2 (81.43-100.91 g/m2) [sources: Vesk_2004]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.34 g/g (0.29-0.37 g/g) [sources: Vesk_2004]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: 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 (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Osborne_2014; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (7); herb (4); tussock (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1992; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Soliveres_2012; Vesk_2004; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • life_history (categorical): biennial (2); perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Simpson_2021; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); stoloniferous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnynnnn (1); yynnnnnnnnny (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): aboveground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): stolon (1) [sources: Simpson_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.29 mg (0.11-0.67 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Metcalfe_2020_21718D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Vesk_2004513P. A. Vesk, M. R. Leishman, and M. Westoby. “Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands”. Journal of Applied Ecology 41.1 (2004), pp. 22-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00857.x.
ABRS_2023710Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
GrassBase_201448W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
Kew_2019_617Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
RBGV_202377VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202356N. 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/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201444B. 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_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
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.
Simpson_202133K. J. Simpson, E. C. Jardine, S. Archibald, E. J. Forrestel, C. E. R. Lehmann, G. H. Thomas, and C. P. Osborne. “Resprouting grasses are associated with less frequent fire than seeders”. New Phytologist 230 (2021), pp. 832-844. doi: 10.1111/nph.17069.
Soliveres_201233S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
Hughes_199222L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.