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Rytidosperma setaceum

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Rytidosperma setaceum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Austrodanthonia setacea (R.Br.) H.P.Linder (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Danthonia penicillata var. setacea (R.Br.) Rodway (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Danthonia setacea R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Danthonia setacea R.Br. var. setacea (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Danthonia setacea var. breviseta Vickery (taxonomic synonym)
  • Danthonia subulata Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Notodanthonia setacea (R.Br.) Veldkamp (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Notodanthonia setacea (R.Br.) Veldkamp var. setacea (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Notodanthonia setacea var. breviseta (Vickery) Veldkamp (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rytidosperma setaceum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar var. setaceum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Rytidosperma setaceum var. brevisetum (Vickery) Connor & Edgar (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, NSW, ACT, 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 (3), ANBG_2019 (2), Cheal_2017 (18), Draper_2023 (2), Fonseca_2000 (9), Gosper_2012 (4), GrassBase_2014 (8), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (6), Kew_2019_6 (15), Mokany_2015 (2), Moore_2019_2 (55), Morgan_2011_1 (5), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (6), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (6), Simpson_2021 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (7), Tsakalos_2020 (18), Tsakalos_2022 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wenk_2023_2 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (72), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 67 traits from 320 records in 39 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.27 mm (1-1.7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 440.2 mm2 (133.7-818.65 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Mokany_2015; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 150 mm (50-250 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.22 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; GrassBase_2014; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 103.11 mg (67-203 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 401.92 g/m2 (233.64-500 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.35 g/g (0.33-0.38 g/g) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (2); linear (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (1); involute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1); hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (8); c4 (1) [sources: Moore_2019_2; Munroe_2019; Osborne_2014; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (6); herb (6); tussock (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (16) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Moore_2019_2; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Simpson_2021; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (2); erect (3); tufted (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: Standish_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (3) [sources: Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (5) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (4); 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; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); ynnnnnnnnyyy (4); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (1); soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Gosper_2012; Standish_2019]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Gosper_2012]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (4); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (5); vegetative (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; Tsakalos_2022; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1); rhizome (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022; Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1); rhizome (1); rhizome_non_woody (1); root_crown (1) [sources: Moore_2019_2; NSWFRD_2014; Simpson_2021; Tsakalos_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.04 mg (0.49-1.2 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Standish_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.95 mm (1.1-2.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; GrassBase_2014]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.48 m (0.1-0.7 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014; Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (5) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201872M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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.
Cheal_2017818D. 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.
Tsakalos_20201718J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
Kew_2019_6115Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wheeler_2002810J. 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.
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.
Fonseca_200059C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.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.
NHNSW_202378N. 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/.
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.
Standish_201977R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Kew_2019_116Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NSWFRD_201466B. 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_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/.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
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.
Gosper_201244C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, and S. M. Prober. “Changes in plant species and functional composition with time since fire in two mediterranean climate plant communities”. Journal of Vegetation Science 23.6 (2012), pp. 1071-1081. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01434.x.
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/.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Simpson_202133K. J. Simpson, E. C. Jardine, S. Archibald, E. J. Forrestel, C. E. R. Lehmann, G. H. Thomas, and C. P. Osborne. “Resprouting grasses are associated with less frequent fire than seeders”. New Phytologist 230 (2021), pp. 832-844. doi: 10.1111/nph.17069.
Tsakalos_202233J. L. Tsakalos, G. Ottaviani, S. Chelli, A. Rea, S. Elder, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands”. Annals of Botany 130.7 (2022), pp. 981-990. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac131.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ANBG_201912Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_201412J. 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.
WAH_2023_212Western 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.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wenk_2023_211E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.