Rytidosperma robertsoniae

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Rytidosperma robertsoniae Tiver

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Danthonia caespitosa 2n=24 (taxonomic synonym)
Danthonia caespitosa Form 6 (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Austrodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) H.P.Linder (pro parte misapplied)
Danthonia caespitosa Gaudich. (pro parte misapplied)
Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov (pro parte misapplied)
Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC):

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (2), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 11 traits from 12 records in 3 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 (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 200 mm (200-200 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 0.85 mm (0.5-1.2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): 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

plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): self (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RBGV_2023	6	7	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Draper_2023	2	2	J. 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.