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Dianella tasmanica

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Family Hemerocallidaceae

Taxonomy: Dianella tasmanica Hook.f.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Dianella archeri Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dianella densa Lindb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dianella divaricata f. densa D.I.Morris (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dianella divaricata f. dentifera Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dianella hookeri Baker (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dianella sp. aff. tasmanica (Snowfields) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dianella sp. aff. tasmanica (Snowy River) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dianella tasmanica Hook.f. f. tasmanica (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Dianella tasmanica Hook.f. var. tasmanica (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Dianella tasmanica f. laevis Schlittler (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), ANBG_2019 (1), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (9), Chen_2017 (6), Doherty_2021 (2), Hughes_1992 (4), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (5), Mokany_2015 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (7), RBGV_2023 (40), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60), Williams_2011 (10), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (24). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 89 traits from 241 records in 25 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 (7) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (2); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 1.55 cm (1.2-1.9 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 14.77 mm (1.85-25 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 17.5 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 17.5 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_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); purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 10323 mm2 (6283.19-14362.81 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 625 mm (200-950 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 24.5 mm (14-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 180.23 g/m2 (180.23-180.23 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.33 g/g (0.33-0.33 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2); recurved (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (2) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); graminoid_not_tussock (3); herb (7); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (1); hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1); spreading (1); tufted (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (5) [sources: Hughes_1992; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); ynnnnnnnnnny (1); yynnnnnnnnny (3); yynnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1); rhizome (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.28 mg (4.08-7.36 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1); orbicular (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202060M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231940VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20222124L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231216Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023810N. 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/.
Williams_20111010R. 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.
Cheal_201799D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Jordan_200177G. 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.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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_202247VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Chen_201766Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Kew_2019_115Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
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/.
Pickering_201444C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
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.
ABRS_198133B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Carey_200333A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
Mokany_201533K. 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.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.