AusTraits

Caustis blakei subsp. blakei

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Caustis blakei Kük. subsp. blakei

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

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 11 traits from 18 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.

fire response
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (4.5-6.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.55 mm (2.3-2.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 2.55 mm (2.3-2.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): white (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_202369N. 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_202244N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201422B. 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.
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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.