Chrysopogon elongatus
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Chrysopogon elongatus (R.Br.) Benth.
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Andropogon elongatus (R.Br.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Andropogon elongatus (R.Br.) Spreng. var. elongatus (nomenclatural synonym)
- Chrysopogon elongatus (R.Br.) Benth. var. elongatus (nomenclatural synonym)
- Holcus elongatus R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Rhaphis elongata (R.Br.) Chase (nomenclatural synonym)
- Sorghum elongatum (R.Br.) P.Beauv. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Vetiveria elongata (R.Br.) Stapf ex C.E.Hubb. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: GrassBase_2014 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014 (1), Osborne_2014 (1), Simpson_2021 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 19 records in 8 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: Simpson_2021]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 375 mm (250-500 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Osborne_2014]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Simpson_2021; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Simpson_2021]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (1.5-2.5 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| GrassBase_2014 | 3 | 6 | W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html. |
| 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. |
| Simpson_2021 | 3 | 3 | K. 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Munroe_2019 | 1 | 1 | S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z. |
| NHNSW_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm. |
| Osborne_2014 | 1 | 1 | C. 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_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |