Ischaemum muticum
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Ischaemum muticum L.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Andropogon muticus (L.) Steud. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): CoI, ChI, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (10), GrassBase_2014 (6), Kew_2019_5 (1), Metcalfe_2020_2 (14), NHNSW_2014 (1), Osborne_2014 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 47 records in 11 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 (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; 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): 459 mm2 (459-459 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_length (numerical): 92.5 mm (20-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (4-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (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); tussock (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2020_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); mat-forming (1); stoloniferous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (2) [sources: Kew_2019_5; Metcalfe_2020_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.34 m (0.15-0.4 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. |
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 10 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 3 | 4 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_5 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| NHNSW_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm. |
| 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. |