Eriachne pallescens var. pallescens
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Eriachne pallescens R.Br. var. pallescens
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eriachne chinensis Hance (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriachne hookeri Munro (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriachne muelleri Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriachne pallescens var. muelleri (Domin) W.Hartley (taxonomic synonym)
- Eriachne yarrabensis Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), Crowley_2007 (2), GrassBase_2014 (8), Metcalfe_2020_2 (14), Nano_2011 (2), Osborne_2014 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 40 records in 9 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): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.8 mm (2.3-3.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (50-180 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (1-3.5 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Osborne_2014]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (1); tussock (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2020_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; 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]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.51 mg (0.51-0.51 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (1.7-3.3 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.7 m (0.23-1.05 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 14 | 14 | 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. |
| ABRS_2023 | 5 | 7 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. 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. |
| 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. |