AusTraits

Dinebra decipiens subsp. asthenes

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Dinebra decipiens subsp. asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Dinebra decipiens var. asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eragrostis ciliolata Jedwabn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eragrostis imbecilla (Biehler) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eragrostis imbecilla Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leptochloa asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) C.E.Hubb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Leptochloa ciliolata (Jedwabn.) S.T.Blake (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leptochloa debilis C.E.Hubb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leptochloa debilis Lazarides (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leptochloa decipiens subsp. asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) N.Snow (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Poa asthenes Roem. & Schult. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Poa imbecilla R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), GrassBase_2014 (2), Metcalfe_2020_2 (18), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (8), Osborne_2014 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 87 records in 12 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023]
  • 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): 238.35 mm2 (238.35-238.35 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 72.33 mm (17-210 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.17 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (3) [sources: Osborne_2014; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (2); tussock (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2); wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); epizoochory (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Metcalfe_2020_21618D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
NHNSW_202378N. 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/.
ABRS_202367Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
GrassBase_201422W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Osborne_201411C. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.