Platychorda rivalis
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Family Restionaceae
Taxonomy: Platychorda rivalis B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Platychorda 'rivalis' B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (2), WAH_2023_1 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 30 records in 9 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 (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_1]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (1); sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (2); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); dense (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.9-0.9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 7 | 9 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 5 | 5 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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. |
| WAH_2022_1 | 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_1 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 2 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. 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. |
| Yang_2023 | 1 | 1 | S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023. |