Miscanthus sinensis
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Miscanthus sinensis Andersson
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Miscanthus sinensis Andersson var. sinensis (nomenclatural synonym)
- Miscanthus sinensis var. variegatus Beal (taxonomic synonym)
- Miscanthus sinensis var. zebrinus Beal (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (12), NHNSW_2023 (18), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 50 records in 8 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
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); green (2); red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
leaf morphology
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (5); herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.2 m (0.6-3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 5 | 18 | 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/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 12 | 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/. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 5 | 8 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 3 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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. |