AusTraits

Zoysia macrantha

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Zoysia macrantha Desv.

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Zoysia pungens Willd. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (10), Cheal_2017 (5), Draper_2023 (3), GrassBase_2014 (6), Jordan_2001 (7), Mokany_2015 (3), Moore_2019_2 (55), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 153 records in 19 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 (15); resprouts (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; Moore_2019_2; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 794.76 mm2 (471.24-1263.96 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 77.5 mm (10-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (0.5-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 162.67 mg (153-168 mg) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 146.34 g/m2 (132.98-153.37 g/m2) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.31 g/g (0.28-0.34 g/g) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convolute (1); flat (3); involute (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (3) [sources: Moore_2019_2; Osborne_2014; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); graminoid_not_tussock (1); herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (3); stoloniferous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); self (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); mammals (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyynnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.34 mg (0.34-0.34 mg) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023810Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023910N. 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/.
RBGV_2023810VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
GrassBase_201436W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
Cheal_201755D. 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.
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_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/.
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.
eFLOWER_Dun_202234L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Draper_202333J. 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_201533K. 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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.