Setaria
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy:
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Chaetochloa Scribn. (taxonomic synonym)
- Chamaeraphis sect. Setaria (P.Beauv.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC):
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_2 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 9 traits from 9 records in 1 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: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
leaf morphology
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tussock (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 9 | 9 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020. |