AusTraits

Dianella revoluta

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Family Hemerocallidaceae

Taxonomy: Dianella revoluta R.Br.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), ANBG_2019 (10), Burrows_2001 (2), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (7), Chen_2017 (6), Cross_2009 (4), Draper_2023 (3), Farrell_2017 (34), Fonseca_2000 (13), Gosper_2012 (5), Hughes_1992 (4), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kubiak_2009 (2), Leishman_1992 (6), Meers_2007 (11), Mesaglio_2022 (2), Mokany_2015 (1), Morgan_2011_1 (5), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), NSWFRD_2014 (10), Purdie_1976 (3), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (8), Sweedman_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2022 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Williams_2005 (5), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 79 traits from 266 records in 45 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 (11) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Gosper_2012; Kubiak_2009; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Purdie_1976; Standish_2019; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 36 mo (36-36 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): blue (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2723.97 mm2 (236.1-8011.06 mm2) [sources: Burrows_2001; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; Meers_2007; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 783.33 mm (150-1000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 7.63 mm (3-23 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 213.33 mg (172-266 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 362.42 g/m2 (145.77-714.29 g/m2) [sources: Cross_2009; Fonseca_2000; Meers_2007]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2); cam (1) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); graminoid_not_tussock (1); herb (9); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (2); geophyte (2); hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; Purdie_1976; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (14) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Cross_2009; Jordan_2001; Leishman_1992; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): mat-forming (2); rhizomatous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Meers_2007; Standish_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (3) [sources: Meers_2007; Standish_2019; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (7); epizoochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Hughes_1992; Kew_2019_5; Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); birds (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); ynnnnnnnnyyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (3); yyyynnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (1); soil_seedbank (1); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Gosper_2012; Standish_2019; Williams_2005]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Gosper_2012]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (5) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; Tsakalos_2022; White_2020; Williams_2005]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: Meers_2007; Tsakalos_2022; Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4); storage_organ (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (2); rhizome_non_woody (1); stem_tuber (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Carey_2003; NSWFRD_2014; Tsakalos_2022]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.71 mg (3.85-8.23 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Cross_2009; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992; Meers_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.61 mm (2.5-5.2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.58 mm (2.17-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

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Meers_20071111T. Meers. “Role of plant functional traits in determining the response of vegetation to land use change on the Delatite Peninsula, Victoria.”. PhD. University of Melbourne, 2007.
ANBG_2019510Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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Williams_201199R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
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NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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Munroe_201911S. 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.
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