Rytidosperma racemosum var. racemosum

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Rytidosperma racemosum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar var. racemosum

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Austrodanthonia racemosa (R.Br.) H.P.Linder var. racemosa (nomenclatural synonym)
Danthonia racemosa R.Br. var. racemosa (nomenclatural synonym)
Notodanthonia racemosa (R.Br.) Zotov var. racemosa (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (1), Morgan_2011_1 (5), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 59 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 150 mm (150-150 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (1); involute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (2); tussock (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Morgan_2011_1; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (3) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): mammals (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	36	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	7	7	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Morgan_2011_1	5	5	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_2023	1	1	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.