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Zoysia matrella

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Agrostis matrella L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Zoisia matrella J.M.Black (orthographic variant)
  • Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. subsp. matrella (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Zoysia pungens Willd. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): CoI, ChI (naturalised), Qld, NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (9), Kew_2019_1 (1), Metcalfe_2020_2 (20), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (9), Osborne_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 63 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • 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): 72 mm2 (72-72 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 59.67 mm (19-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.55 mm (0.5-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); subulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convolute (1); flat (1); involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1); distichous (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Osborne_2014]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (2); tussock (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): mat-forming (1); rhizomatous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_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]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): aboveground_clonal (1); belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.69 mg (0.69-0.69 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.25 m (0.25-0.25 m) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Metcalfe_2020_21820D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
ABRS_202389Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202389N. 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/.
SAH_202366S. 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_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.
SAH_202222S. 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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.