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Caustis recurvata

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Caustis recurvata Spreng.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Caustis uncinata Nees (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Restio uncinatus Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Restio uncinatus Kük. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Restio uncinatus Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Fonseca_2000 (5), Laxton_2005 (2), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), Schmidt_1997 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 42 records in 10 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.35 mm (2.2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 2.35 mm (2.2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): white (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 15.3 mm2 (15.3-15.3 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 120 mm (120-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.3 mm (0.6-4 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2 mg (2-2 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 114.94 g/m2 (114.94-114.94 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Schmidt_1997]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); graminoid (3); herb (1) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; Schmidt_1997; 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]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9 mg/g (9-9 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_1997]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.28 {delta}[ppth] (-28.35--28.22 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_1997]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
Schmidt_19971011S. Schmidt and G. Stewart. “Waterlogging and fire impacts on nitrogen availability and utilization in a subtropical wet heathland (wallum)”. Plant, Cell and Environment 20.10 (1997), pp. 1231-1241. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-20.x.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
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/.
Sjostrom_200633A. 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.
Laxton_200522E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.