AusTraits

Oplismenus hirtellus

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv.

Synonyms: 25 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Oplismenus aemulans Roem. & Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus aemulus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus aemulus var. flaccidus (R.Br.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus aemulus var. lasiorhachis Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus compositus var. imbecilles F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus compositus var. imbecillis (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus compositus var. imbecillis F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus flaccidus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv. subsp. hirtellus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Oplismenus hirtellus f. lanceolatus U.Scholz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. imbecillis (R.Br.) U.Scholz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus imbecillis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus setarius var. aemulus (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus setarius var. imbecillis (R.Br.) Hack. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oplismenus undulatifolius var. imbecillis (R.Br.) Hack. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Orthopogon aemulus R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Orthopogon flaccidus R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Orthopogon imbecillis R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Panicum aemulum (R.Br.) Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Panicum flaccidum (R.Br.) Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Panicum hirtellum L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Panicum imbecille (R.Br.) Trin. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Panicum imbecillis Vickery (taxonomic synonym)
  • Panicum undulatifolium var. imbecille (R.Br.) Kneuck. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Panicum undulatifolium var. imbicillis Kneuck. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Oplismenus compositus (L.) P.Beauv. (misapplied)
  • Oplismenus compositus var. setarius (Lam.) F.M.Bailey (misapplied)
  • Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. (misapplied)
  • Oplismenus undulatifolius (Ard.) Roem. & Schult. (misapplied)
  • Panicum compositum L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (2), Benwell_2024 (4), Cheal_2017 (8), Duncan_1998 (10), Fonseca_2000 (10), GrassBase_2014 (4), Hughes_1992 (6), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Kubiak_2009 (2), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (5), Leishman_2007 (27), Metcalfe_2020_2 (37), Moore_2019_2 (55), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (8), NHNSW_2023 (10), NSWFRD_2014 (10), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGK_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (10), Simpson_2021 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (95). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 64 traits from 336 records in 31 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): fire_killed (12); partial_resprouting (15); resprouts (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Cheal_2017; Kubiak_2009; Moore_2019_2; NSWFRD_2014; Simpson_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Benwell_2024; Cheal_2017]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (7) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2); indehiscent (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 200.3 mm2 (23.1-530.07 mm2) [sources: Duncan_1998; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2020_2; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (10-130 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014; Metcalfe_2020_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.11 mm (1.6-20 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; GrassBase_2014; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 14.69 mg (1-49 mg) [sources: Duncan_1998; Fonseca_2000; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 71.43 g/m2 (17.21-212.77 g/m2) [sources: Duncan_1998; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995; Leishman_2007; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.27 g/g (0.19-0.51 g/g) [sources: Duncan_1998; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (8) [sources: Duncan_1998; Moore_2019_2; Osborne_2014; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (11); graminoid_not_tussock (5); herb (6); tussock (2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Leishman_2007; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2); therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4); perennial (9) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cheal_2017; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Simpson_2021; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (3); stoloniferous (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (5); wind (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2); epizoochory (6); zoochory (2) [sources: Kew_2019_5; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2020_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); mammals (5) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (2); yyynnnnyyyyy (5); yyyyynnnnnny (2); yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (7); vegetative (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2); stolon (1) [sources: Moore_2019_2; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.94 mg (0.88-1.35 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Metcalfe_2020_2; RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201995M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Moore_2019_21255N. A. Moore, J. S. Camac, and J. W. Morgan. “Effects of drought and fire on resprouting capacity of 52 temperate Australian perennial native grasses”. New Phytologist 221.3 (2018), pp. 1424-1433. doi: 10.1111/nph.15480.
Metcalfe_2020_21737D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
Leishman_2007727M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
Duncan_19981010D. H. Duncan. “Unpublished data: Structural basis of variation in leaf mass per area in three plant clades, Macquarie University”. 1998.
Fonseca_2000510C. 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.
NHNSW_2023510N. 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/.
NSWFRD_2014610B. 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.
RBGV_2023810VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201788D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_202248N. 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/.
Hughes_199236L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Leishman_199555M. 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.
NHNSW_2014_235Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
GrassBase_201424W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Sjostrom_200633A. 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.
WAH_2022_233Western 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/.
ATRP_202022F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Kubiak_200922P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Simpson_202122K. J. Simpson, E. C. Jardine, S. Archibald, E. J. Forrestel, C. E. R. Lehmann, G. H. Thomas, and C. P. Osborne. “Resprouting grasses are associated with less frequent fire than seeders”. New Phytologist 230 (2021), pp. 832-844. doi: 10.1111/nph.17069.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Osborne_201411C. Osborne, A. Salomaa, T. Kluyver, V. Visser, E. Kellogg, O. Morrone, M. Vorontsova, W. Clayton, and D. Simpson. “A global database of C4 photosynthesis in grasses”. New Phytologist 204 (2014), pp. 441-446. doi: 10.1111/nph.12942.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.