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Hemarthria uncinata

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Hemarthria uncinata R.Br.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hemarthria foliata Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rottboellia compressa subvar. australis (Hack.) Roberty (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rottboellia compressa subvar. uncinata (R.Br.) Roberty (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rottboellia compressa var. australis Hack. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rottboellia compressa var. uncinata (R.Br.) Hack. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rottboellia uncinata (R.Br.) Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rottboellia uncinata (R.Br.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rottboellia uncinata P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hemarthria compressa (L.f.) R.Br. (misapplied)
  • Rottboellia compressa L.f. (misapplied)
  • Tripsacum compressum (L.f.) Raspail (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (5), Cross_2009 (3), Draper_2023 (3), GrassBase_2014 (6), Hughes_1992 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kubiak_2009 (3), Metcalfe_2020_2 (14), Mokany_2015 (2), Moore_2019_2 (55), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (4), Osborne_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (7), Simpson_2021 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (7), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 177 records in 26 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 (15); resprouts (8) [sources: Cheal_2017; Kubiak_2009; Moore_2019_2; Simpson_2021; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (3); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (5) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2410.1 mm2 (195-3926.99 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Mokany_2015; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (50-150 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.17 mm (1.5-5 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 475 mg (394-613 mg) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 117.81 g/m2 (74.35-204.5 g/m2) [sources: Cross_2009; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.3 g/g (0.28-0.32 g/g) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); c4 (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Moore_2019_2; Osborne_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (6); graminoid_not_tussock (1); herb (4); tussock (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (10) [sources: Cheal_2017; Cross_2009; Jordan_2001; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Simpson_2021; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); decumbent (1); mat-forming (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); self (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); epizoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.68 m (0.1-1.1 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014; Hughes_1992; Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Moore_2019_21255N. A. Moore, J. S. Camac, and J. W. Morgan. “Effects of drought and fire on resprouting capacity of 52 temperate Australian perennial native grasses”. New Phytologist 221.3 (2018), pp. 1424-1433. doi: 10.1111/nph.15480.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Metcalfe_2020_21414D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Jordan_200177G. 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.
SAH_202357S. 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/.
Williams_201177R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
GrassBase_201436W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
Cheal_201755D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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/.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
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.
eFLOWER_Dun_202244L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Cross_200933E. Cross. “The characteristics of natives and invaders: A trait-based investigation into the theory of limiting similarity.”. Honours. La Trobe University, 2009.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kubiak_200923P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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/.
Mokany_201522K. 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.
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.
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.