Baumea gunnii

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Baumea gunnii (Hook.f.) 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: Cheal_2017 (6), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Mokany_2015 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NSWFRD_2014 (7), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2023 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), White_2020 (20), Williams_2011 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 67 records in 11 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: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1); red (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 934.62 mm2 (934.62-934.62 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_shape (categorical): subulate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); c4 (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid_not_tussock (1); herb (1); tussock (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (1); hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): vertebrate (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); hydrochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (2); yyyyyynnnnyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.71 mg (1.71-1.71 mg) [sources: Mokany_2015]
seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 2.8 mm (2.8-2.8 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.7-1 m) [sources: Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2014]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: 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.
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.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	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.
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.
Cheal_2017	6	6	D. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	4	4	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/.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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_2015	3	3	K. 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.
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.