Baumea articulata

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Baumea articulata (R.Br.) S.T.Blake

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC):

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Barrett_2009 (2), Jordan_2001 (7), Metcalfe_2020_1 (18), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NSWFRD_2014 (4), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (20), Williams_2011 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 52 traits from 109 records in 15 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: NSWFRD_2014; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (3); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.52 mm (1.8-5 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.1 mm (1-1.2 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 1.15 mm (1-1.4 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Jordan_2001; Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); white (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 1700 mm (900-2500 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 8.5 mm (4-13 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3); c4 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (3); tussock (3) [sources: Barrett_2009; Metcalfe_2020_1; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_2022_2; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Jordan_2001; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): vertebrate (1); wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); hydrochory (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): water (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnyyyyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1); yyynnnnnyyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1); rhizome (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 2.2 mm (1.4-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; Metcalfe_2020_1]
seed_width (numerical): 2.2 mm (2.2-2.2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2.1 m (1-2.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2014; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Metcalfe_2020_1	16	18	D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
Tsakalos_2020	16	17	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
Wheeler_2002	8	10	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. 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.
Williams_2011	7	7	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
SAH_2023	6	6	S. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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	4	4	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/.
Barrett_2009	1	2	S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
SAH_2014	1	1	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.