Chordifex monocephalus
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Family Restionaceae
Taxonomy: Chordifex monocephalus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Acion monocephalum (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
- Restio glaber (Rodway) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs (taxonomic synonym)
- Restio monocephalus R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Restio oligocephalus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Restio oligocephalus F.Muell. var. oligocephalus (taxonomic synonym)
- Restio oligocephalus var. glaber Rodway (taxonomic synonym)
- Restio oligocephalus var. glabrum Rodway (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (10), Jordan_2001 (6), Mokany_2015 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 26 records in 7 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 117.81 mm2 (117.81-117.81 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
- leaf_length (numerical): 2 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1.1 mm (1.1-1.1 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 9 | 10 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Jordan_2001 | 6 | 6 | G. 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. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Mokany_2015 | 1 | 1 | K. 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_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |
| Yang_2023 | 1 | 1 | S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023. |