Koeleria macrantha

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Aira cristata L. (taxonomic synonym)
Aira macrantha Ledeb. (nomenclatural synonym)
Koeleria australiensis Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Koeleria australiensis Domin var. australiensis (taxonomic synonym)
Koeleria australiensis var. maxima Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Koeleria australiensis var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Koeleria sp. (taxonomic synonym)
Koeleria velenovskyi Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Poa cristata (L.) L. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Koeleria cristata Pers. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised), ACT, Vic, Tas (formerly naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), Kew_2019_1 (13), Kew_2019_6 (13), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (5), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 88 records in 12 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): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 225 mm (200-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.9 mm (2.1-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2); involute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (3); tussock (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): mammals (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.3 mg (0.07-0.68 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Kew_2019_1	1	13	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6	1	13	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
RBGV_2023	9	9	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	6	8	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	6	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.
NHNSW_2023	5	5	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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.