Chordifex dimorphus

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Family Restionaceae

Taxonomy: Chordifex dimorphus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Baloskion dimorphum L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs (taxonomic synonym)
Guringalia dimorpha (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson (nomenclatural synonym)
Restio dimorphus R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (9), Fonseca_2000 (5), Hughes_1992 (4), Kubiak_2009 (1), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (1), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 49 records in 15 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 (3) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2.1-2.4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 8.5 mm2 (8.5-8.5 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_width (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.9-0.9 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1 mg (1-1 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 66.68 g/m2 (62.93-70.42 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995]
leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (5); herb (4); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); dense (1); prostrate (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.61 mg (0.6-0.62 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	8	9	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	5	5	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Fonseca_2000	5	5	C. 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.
Leishman_1995	5	5	M. 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.
Hughes_1992	4	4	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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_2014	4	4	B. 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.
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.
Yang_2023	2	2	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Kubiak_2009	1	1	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Leishman_1993	1	1	M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	1	1	N. 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/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.