Lomandra multiflora

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Family Asparagaceae

Taxonomy: Lomandra multiflora (R.Br.) Britten

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Xerotes multiflora R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (4), Chen_2017 (4), Draper_2023 (4), Hughes_1992 (4), Kubiak_2009 (5), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (7), NHNSW_2024 (10), Purdie_1976 (3), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (22). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 68 traits from 111 records in 20 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 (4) [sources: Kubiak_2009; Purdie_1976; White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Draper_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1150 mm2 (1150-1150 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
leaf_length (numerical): 533.33 mm (250-900 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (1.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 564.97 g/m2 (564.97-564.97 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (1); flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (2); tussock (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (1) [sources: Purdie_1976]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): tufted (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (2); myrmecochory (3); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); ants (1); birds (1); passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyyyy (1); ynnnnnnnyyyy (1); ynnnnyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 7.82 mg (7.8-7.85 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	21	22	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2024	8	10	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	6	8	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	7	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Leishman_1995	6	6	M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Kubiak_2009	3	5	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
ABRS_2023	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	4	4	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Draper_2023	4	4	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Hughes_1992	4	4	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
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.
Purdie_1976	3	3	R. W. Purdie and R. O. Slatyer. “Vegetation succession after fire in sclerophyll woodland communities in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (1976), pp. 223-236.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	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.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Leishman_1993	1	1	M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.