AusTraits

Rytidosperma fulvum

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Rytidosperma fulvum (Vickery) A.M.Humphreys & H.P.Linder

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Austrodanthonia fulva (Vickery) H.P.Linder (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Austrodanthonia popinensis (D.I.Morris) H.P.Linder (taxonomic synonym)
  • Danthonia linkii var. fulva Vickery (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Danthonia popinensis D.I.Morris (taxonomic synonym)
  • Notodanthonia bipartita var. fulva (Vickery) Veldkamp (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Notodanthonia fulva (Vickery) H.P.Linder (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Notodanthonia popinensis (D.I.Morris) H.P.Linder (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rytidosperma linkii var. fulvum (Vickery) Connor & Edgar (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rytidosperma popinense (D.I.Morris) A.M.Humphreys & H.P.Linder (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Joycea clelandii (Vickery) H.P.Linder (pro parte misapplied)

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 (8), ABRS_2023 (5), Cheal_2017 (6), Draper_2023 (2), GrassBase_2014 (12), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Moore_2019_2 (55), NHNSW_2014 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (7), Osborne_2014 (2), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 54 traits from 176 records in 20 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 (16); resprouts (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; Moore_2019_2]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.9 mm (1.8-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_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): 1676.74 mm2 (1568.67-1767.56 mm2) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 220 mm (70-300 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 445 mg (332-542 mg) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 263.7 g/m2 (211.86-306.75 g/m2) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.37 g/g (0.33-0.44 g/g) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2); involute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5); c4 (1) [sources: Moore_2019_2; Osborne_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (4); tussock (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (3); erect (1); tufted (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2); self (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnnn (1); yyynnnnnnnyy (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [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): 0.96 mg (0.88-1.04 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.8 mm (1.8-7.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; GrassBase_2014]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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.
White_20201836M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
GrassBase_2014412W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
Williams_201199R. 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.
ABRS_202248Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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/.
Cheal_201756D. 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.
RBGV_202366VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202325Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. 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.
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/.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_201412Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.