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Rytidosperma carphoides

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Rytidosperma carphoides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Connor & Edgar

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Austrodanthonia carphoides (Benth.) H.P.Linder (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Danthonia carphoides F.Muell. ex Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Danthonia carphoides F.Muell. ex Benth. var. carphoides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Danthonia carphoides var. angustior Vickery (taxonomic synonym)
  • Notodanthonia carphoides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Zotov (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Notodanthonia carphoides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Zotov var. carphoides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Notodanthonia carphoides var. angustior (Vickery) Veldkamp (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rytidosperma carphoides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Connor & Edgar var. carphoides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rytidosperma carphoides var. angustius (Vickery) Connor & Edgar (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (3), ANBG_2019 (1), Cheal_2017 (5), Draper_2023 (2), GrassBase_2014 (8), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Mokany_2008 (77), Mokany_2015 (2), Moore_2019_2 (55), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (7), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (6), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (5), SAH_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (90), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 68 traits from 315 records in 28 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): partial_resprouting (15); resprouts (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; Moore_2019_2; NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.92 mm (1.7-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_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): 801.69 mm2 (26.72-1755.51 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2008; Mokany_2015; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 93.8 mm (30-200 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.11 mm (0.98-1.56 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; GrassBase_2014; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 179.49 mg (2.4-424 mg) [sources: Mokany_2008; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 164.06 g/m2 (86.11-241.55 g/m2) [sources: Mokany_2008; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.17 g/g (0.14-0.2 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.35 g/g (0.29-0.45 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): involute (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 45.2 deg (22-71 deg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (8); c4 (1) [sources: Mokany_2008; Moore_2019_2; Osborne_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (5); tussock (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Mokany_2008; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (2); tufted (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (7) [sources: Mokany_2008; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (5); self (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (7) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (4); yynnnnnnyyyy (2); yyynnnnnnyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.51 mg (0.7-2.32 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.42 mm (1.7-5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; GrassBase_2014]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201890M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Mokany_20082177K. Mokany and J. Ash. “Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities?”. Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2008), pp. 119-126. doi: 10.3170/2007-8-18340.
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.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
GrassBase_201448W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
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.
NHNSW_202367N. 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/.
RBGV_202366VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202356S. 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/.
Cheal_201755D. 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.
SAH_202235S. 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/.
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_202244N. 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/.
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.
ABRS_202323Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201433B. 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_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Draper_202322J. 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.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
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.
SAH_201411J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.