AusTraits

Eurychorda complanata

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Family Restionaceae

Taxonomy: Eurychorda complanata (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Restio complanatus R.Br. (basionym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (11), Draper_2023 (4), Hughes_1992 (3), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kubiak_2009 (1), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (1), NSWFRD_2014 (8), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (5), SAH_2023 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Taseski_2021 (124), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (42), Yang_2023 (3), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (13). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 64 traits from 249 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
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (3); resprouts (4) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Draper_2023; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.4 mm (1.2-1.6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.4 mm (1.2-1.6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); white (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 669.02 mm2 (34.3-1504.6 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Taseski_2021]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 205.87 mg (2.3-471.3 mg) [sources: Taseski_2021]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 280.8 g/m2 (2.44-978.63 g/m2) [sources: Taseski_2021]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.13-0.66 g/g) [sources: Taseski_2021]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (5); herb (4); tussock (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); creeping (1); dense (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyynnnnnnnyy (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.41 mg (0.17-0.65 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.38 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Taseski_20219124G. M. Taseski, D. A. Keith, R. L. Dalrymple, and W. K. Cornwell. “Shifts in fine root traits within and among species along a fine-scale hydrological gradient”. Annals of Botany 127.4 (2021), pp. 473-481. ISSN: 1095-8290. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa175.
White_20202142M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221313L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023811Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_201478B. 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.
Jordan_200166G. 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.
ABRS_202255Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202255N. 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/.
RBGV_202345VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Draper_202344J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
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.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
SAH_202333S. 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/.
Yang_202323S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201512K. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kubiak_200911P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_202311N. 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/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.