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Poa billardierei

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Poa billardierei (Spreng.) St.-Yves

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Arundo triodiodes Trin. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elymus subpaniculatus Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Festuca litoralis F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Festuca littoralis Labill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Festuca littoralis Labill. var. littoralis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Poa triodioides Zotov (taxonomic synonym)
  • Schedonorus billardierianus Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Schedonorus littoralis (Labill.) P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Schenodorus littoralis P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Triodia billarderi Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Triodia billardierei Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (9), Barrett_2009 (2), Draper_2023 (6), GrassBase_2014 (6), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Osborne_2014 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (9), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (9), White_2020 (40). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 137 records in 24 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 818.65 mm2 (818.65-818.65 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 396.25 mm (85-500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.3 mm (0.6-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); subulate (1); terete (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (2); involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Osborne_2014; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (4); tussock (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); erect (2); rhizomatous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2); self (2); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3); epizoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (2); wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (3); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2) [sources: Barrett_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.56 mg (3.56-3.56 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 9 mm (9-9 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_202379Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_201489B. 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_202399VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wheeler_200289J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Draper_202336J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
GrassBase_201436W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
SAH_202333S. 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/.
Barrett_200922S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Osborne_201412C. 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.
WAH_2023_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.