Pentameris airoides
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Pentameris airoides Nees
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Danthonia airoides (Nees) Nees (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pentaschistis airoides (Nees) Stapf (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (3), Cheal_2017 (8), Dwyer_2017 (23), Firn_2019 (49), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (3), NSWFRD_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (5), Standish_2019 (7), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 122 records in 18 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 (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Standish_2019]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 38.13 g/m2 (25.98-134.53 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Firn_2019]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (5); herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Firn_2019; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (7) [sources: Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1) [sources: WAH_2022_1]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 35.99 mg/g (27.44-52.27 mg/g) [sources: Firn_2019]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.05 mg (0.05-0.05 mg) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Standish_2019]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.17 m (0.05-0.3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firn_2019 | 4 | 49 | J. Firn, J. M. McGree, E. Harvey, H. Flores-Moreno, M. Schuetz, Y. M. Buckley, E. T. Borer, E. W. Seabloom, K. J. L. Pierre, A. M. MacDougall, S. M. Prober, C. J. Stevens, L. L. Sullivan, E. Porter, E. Ladouceur, C. Allen, K. H. Moromizato, J. W. Morgan, W. S. Harpole, Y. Hautier, N. Eisenhauer, J. P. Wright, P. B. Adler, C. A. Arnillas, J. D. Bakker, L. Biederman, A. A. D. Broadbent, C. S. Brown, M. N. Bugalho, M. C. Caldeira, E. E. Cleland, A. Ebeling, P. A. Fay, N. Hagenah, A. R. Kleinhesselink, R. Mitchell, J. L. Moore, C. Nogueira, P. L. Peri, C. Roscher, M. D. Smith, P. D. Wragg, and A. C. Risch. “Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs”. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3.3 (2019), pp. 400-406. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0790-1. |
| Dwyer_2017 | 3 | 23 | J. M. Dwyer and D. C. Laughlin. “Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: The importance of trait covariance in community assembly”. Ecology Letters 20.7 (2017), pp. 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781. |
| Cheal_2017 | 8 | 8 | D. 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. |
| Standish_2019 | 7 | 7 | R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019. |
| SAH_2023 | 3 | 5 | 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/. |
| WAH_2022_1 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| 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/. |
| 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/. |
| 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. |
| NSWFRD_2014 | 2 | 2 | B. 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. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | 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. |
| 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. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |