Anthelepis undulata

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Anthelepis undulata (Thwaites) R.L.Barrett, K.L.Wilson & J.J.Bruhl

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Carpha junciformis Boeckeler (taxonomic synonym)
Chaetospora fimbristyloides F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Cladium undulatum Thwaites (basionym)
Cladium undulatum var. fimbristyloides (F.Muell.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Lepidosperma zeylanicum Lindl. ex Boeckeler (taxonomic synonym)
Machaerina undulata (Thwaites) T.Koyama (nomenclatural synonym)
Schoenus fimbristyloides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Tricostularia fimbristyloides (F.Muell.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Tricostularia undulata (Thwaites) J.Kern (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), Crowley_2007 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), Nano_2011 (2), Rice_1991 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 42 records in 14 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): resprouts (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Yang_2023]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.4 mm (1.3-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.7-0.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.7-0.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (1); nutlet (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 535 mm (350-720 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.7 mm (0.8-2.6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (1); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Rice_1991; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); dense (1); erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyynynyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.5 mg (0.5-0.5 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	11	16	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Metcalfe_2020_1	3	3	D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	3	3	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_2011	2	2	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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Rice_1991	1	1	B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991.
Stephens_2021	1	1	R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.