Dichanthium sericeum subsp. polystachyum
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Dichanthium sericeum subsp. polystachyum (Benth.) B.K.Simon
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Andropogon sericeus var. polystachyus Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Andropogon superciliatus Hack. (taxonomic synonym)
- Andropogon tenuiculus Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
- Dichanthium superciliatum (Hack.) A.Camus (taxonomic synonym)
- Dichanthium tenuiculum (Steud.) S.T.Blake (taxonomic synonym)
- Sorgum superciliatum (Hack.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: GrassBase_2014 (8), Hall_1981 (13), Metcalfe_2020_2 (13), Osborne_2014 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 44 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; WAH_2023_2]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 207 mm2 (207-207 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (80-150 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Osborne_2014]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1); tussock (2) [sources: Hall_1981; Metcalfe_2020_2; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 4.72 mg/g (3-7.6 mg/g) [sources: Hall_1981]
- leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.87 mg/g (0.2-1.3 mg/g) [sources: Hall_1981]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.65 m (0.1-1.2 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hall_1981 | 3 | 13 | T. J. Hall. “The nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of some pasture species in the Dichanthium-Eulalia Grasslands of North-West Queensland.”. The Rangeland Journal 3.1 (1981), pp. 67-73. doi: 10.1071/rj9810067. |
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 13 | 13 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| GrassBase_2014 | 4 | 8 | 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. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| 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. |