AusTraits

Sorghum nitidum f. aristatum

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Sorghum nitidum f. aristatum C.E.Hubb.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Andropogon serratum Murray (orthographic variant)
  • Andropogon serratus Thunb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Andropogon serratus Thunb. ex Murray (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Andropogon tropicus Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Holcus fulvus R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sorghum flavum P.Beauv. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Sorghum fulvum (R.Br.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sorghum serratum (Thunb. ex Murray) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sorghum serratum var. genuinum Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_2 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 18 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.3 mm (2.3-2.3 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • 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_area (numerical): 2565 mm2 (2565-2565 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
life history

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Metcalfe_2020_21515D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.