Bulbostylis densa
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Bulbostylis densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Scirpus densus Wall. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW, LHI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_1 (19), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 43 records in 7 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
- flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.7-0.9 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 0.57 mm (0.5-0.8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 0.65 mm (0.5-0.8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): grey (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_width (numerical): 0.25 mm (0.2-0.3 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2014_2]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1); tussock (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 16 | 19 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 6 | 10 | N. 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/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |