AusTraits

Carex otrubae

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Carex otrubae Podp.

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

Distribution (APC): Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 24 records in 5 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): monoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.52 mm (2.3-4.7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.5-1.8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.5-1.8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (2); utricle (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); green (1); red (1); yellow (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 600 mm (600-600 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (3.5-4.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_2023814VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.