AusTraits

Lepidobolus preissianus subsp. volubilis

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Family Restionaceae

Taxonomy: Lepidobolus preissianus subsp. volubilis (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lepidobolus preissianus var. volubilis Nees (basionym)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (8), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_1 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 31 records in 9 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); rhizomatous (2); spreading (1) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.22 m (0.15-0.3 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_202378Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_255Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2023_144Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_133Western 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_202311S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.