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Thinopyrum elongatum

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Thinopyrum elongatum (Host) D.R.Dewey

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Agropyron elongatum (Host) P.Beauv. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lophopyrum elongatum (Host) Á.Löve (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Triticum elongatum Host (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lophopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Á.Löve (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (8), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 28 records in 7 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 (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.05 m (0.6-1.3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_202378Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_234Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
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.