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Lomandra longifolia

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Family Asparagaceae

Taxonomy: Lomandra longifolia Labill.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lomandra longifolia Labill. subsp. longifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lomandra longifolia subsp. exilis A.T.Lee (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xerotes arenaria R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xerotes latifolia Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xerotes longifolia (Labill.) R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Xerotes longifolia (Labill.) R.Br. var. longifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Xerotes longifolia var. arenaria (R.Br.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xerotes longifolia var. macrocarpa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xerotes longifolia var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (9), ATRP_2020 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (9), Chen_2017 (4), Cooper_2013 (9), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (4), Farrell_2013 (112), Fonseca_2000 (25), Hughes_1992 (4), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kew_2019_6 (3), Kubiak_2009 (6), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (7), Leishman_2007 (25), Meers_2007 (11), Mesaglio_2022 (2), Mokany_2015 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (8), NHNSW_2024 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (14), Ooi_2007 (101), Pickup_2021 (50), Purdie_1976 (3), RBGV_2022 (13), RBGV_2023 (16), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Smith_1996 (105), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westman_1977 (11), White_2020 (57), Williams_2005 (5), Williams_2011 (24), eFLOWER_2021 (41). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 128 traits from 734 records in 44 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 (11); resprouts (12) [sources: Benwell_2024; Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; Kubiak_2009; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Purdie_1976; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (11); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Carey_2003; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (6); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Draper_2023; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (8) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3830.78 mm2 (153.9-8380.9 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Mokany_2015; Smith_1996]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 706.82 mm (500-1000 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.04 mm (1.7-11.3 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 804.49 mg (93-1882 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Smith_1996]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 371.27 g/m2 (110.21-2381.44 g/m2) [sources: Farrell_2013; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Leishman_2007; Meers_2007; Smith_1996; Williams_2011]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 3.93 mm2/mg (2.86-5.25 mm2/mg) [sources: Farrell_2013]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.54 g/g (0.38-0.63 g/g) [sources: Farrell_2013]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.34 g/g (0.29-0.44 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.99 g/g (1.25-2.51 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (3) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (2); flat (2); involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 50.5 deg (20-70 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
  • leaf_stomatal_density_abaxial (numerical): 51.83 {count}/mm2 (47.13-60.51 {count}/mm2) [sources: Farrell_2013]
  • leaf_stomatal_density_adaxial (numerical): 53.26 {count}/mm2 (43.95-64.65 {count}/mm2) [sources: Farrell_2013]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (6) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (17); tussock (7) [sources: Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Leishman_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (1); hemicryptophyte (5) [sources: Farrell_2013; Meers_2007; Purdie_1976; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (9) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); dense (1); tufted (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; RBGV_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: Meers_2007; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (3) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (2) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (4); myrmecochory (7); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); ants (2); birds (1); passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); nnnnnnnnynnn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (4); nnnnnnnyyyyy (1); nnyyyyyyyynn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (12); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Williams_2005]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (14) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): morphophysiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (4); vegetative (1) [sources: Meers_2007; White_2020; Williams_2005]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1); rhizome (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13.93 mg/g (9.91-18 mg/g) [sources: Leishman_2007; Smith_1996; Westman_1977]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.7 mg/g (0.6-0.84 mg/g) [sources: Leishman_2007; Smith_1996; Westman_1977]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.01 mg (4.46-13.05 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Mokany_2015; Ooi_2007; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.61 mm (3.61-3.61 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.57 mm (1.57-1.57 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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Smith_199616105B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html.
Ooi_20072101M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
White_20201957M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Pickup_2021550M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
eFLOWER_20212641J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
Fonseca_2000525C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
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Williams_20111224R. 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.
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NSWFRD_20141314B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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