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Echinochloa colona

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Echinochloa colona (L.) Link

Synonyms: 18 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Echinochloa colona f. zonalis (Guss.) Wiegand (taxonomic synonym)
  • Echinochloa colona var. zonalis Wooton & Standl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Echinochloa colonum Buse (orthographic variant)
  • Echinochloa colonum f. zonalis Vickery (taxonomic synonym)
  • Echinochloa colonum var. zonalis Vickery (taxonomic synonym)
  • Echinochloa crus-galli subsp. colona (L.) Honda (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Echinochloa crus-galli subsp. colonum Vickery (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Echinochloa zonalis (Guss.) Parl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Milium colonum (L.) Moench (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Oplismenus colonum Vickery (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Oplismenus colonum var. zonalis Vickery (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus colonus (L.) Kunth (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Oplismenus colonus var. zonalis (Guss.) Schrad. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus crus-galli var. colonum (L.) Coss. & Durieu (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Panicum colonum L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Panicum colonum var. zonale (Guss.) L.H.Dewey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Panicum crus-galli subsp. colonum (L.) Makino & Nemoto (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Panicum zonale Guss. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (2), Metcalfe_2020_2 (19), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (4), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (10), Nano_2011 (2), RBGK_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (8), Rice_1991 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (6), Simpson_2021 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), 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 31 traits from 84 records in 21 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.68 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (6) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): white (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 495 mm2 (495-495 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 130 mm (30-300 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5 mm (2-8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (3) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (5); herb (6); tussock (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; Rice_1991; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (7) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Simpson_2021; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): stoloniferous (1) [sources: RBGV_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]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): aboveground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2); root_crown (1) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Simpson_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.1 mg (1-1.2 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.65 m (0.2-1 m) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Metcalfe_2020_21619D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
NTH_2023810D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
RBGV_202368VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202366S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202344N. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
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/.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_223Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Simpson_202122K. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Rice_199111B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.