Hyparrhenia filipendula
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Hyparrhenia filipendula (Hochst. ex C.Krauss) Stapf
Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Andropogon filipendulus Hochst. ex C.Krauss (nomenclatural synonym)
- Andropogon filipendulus Hochst. ex C.Krauss var. filipendulus (nomenclatural synonym)
- Andropogon filipendulus var. lachnatherus (Benth.) Hack. (taxonomic synonym)
- Andropogon filipendulus var. pilosus Hochst. ex C.Krauss (taxonomic synonym)
- Andropogon lachnatherus Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Andropogon procerus F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Hyparrhenia filipendula (Hochst. ex C.Krauss) Stapf var. filipendula (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hyparrhenia filipendula var. lachnathera (Benth.) Jansen (taxonomic synonym)
- Hyparrhenia filipendula var. pilosa (Hochst. ex C.Krauss) Stapf (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: GrassBase_2014 (6), Metcalfe_2020_2 (14), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (8), NHNSW_2023 (12), Osborne_2014 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 50 records in 10 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 438.75 mm2 (438.75-438.75 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_length (numerical): 225 mm (150-300 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (1.5-5 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Osborne_2014]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (2); tussock (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyynnnnyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014; NHNSW_2014_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.43 m (0.6-2 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 14 | 14 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 5 | 12 | N. 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/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 8 | N. 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_2014 | 3 | 6 | 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. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| 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. |