Themeda arguens
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Themeda arguens (L.) Hack.
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Anthistiria arguens (L.) Willd. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Anthistiria ciliata var. major Thwaites (nomenclatural synonym)
- Anthistiria frondosa R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Anthistiria imberbis var. major (Thwaites) Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Stipa arguens L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Themeda forskallii var. major (Thwaites) Hack. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Themeda frondosa (R.Br.) Merr. (taxonomic synonym)
- Themeda triandra var. major (Thwaites) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (1), GrassBase_2014 (6), Metcalfe_2020_2 (14), NHNSW_2014 (1), Nano_2011 (1), Osborne_2014 (1), Simpson_2021 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 39 records in 12 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
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 577.5 mm2 (577.5-577.5 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_length (numerical): 175 mm (50-300 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Osborne_2014]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (1); tussock (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: Simpson_2021; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): root_crown (1) [sources: Simpson_2021]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.8 m (0.2-3 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 14 | 14 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| GrassBase_2014 | 3 | 6 | W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Simpson_2021 | 2 | 2 | K. 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Crowley_2007 | 1 | 1 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| NHNSW_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm. |
| Nano_2011 | 1 | 1 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| Osborne_2014 | 1 | 1 | C. 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_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |