Microstegium nudum
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Microstegium nudum (Trin.) A.Camus
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eulalia nuda (Trin.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pollinia nuda Trin. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), Metcalfe_2020_2 (20), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 28 records in 5 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) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 202.5 mm2 (202.5-202.5 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_length (numerical): 45 mm (10-80 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_width (numerical): 6.75 mm (2-13 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tussock (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.06 mg (0.06-0.07 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2020_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.75 m (0.5-1 m) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2014_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 18 | 20 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 3 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |