Chorizandra enodis

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Chorizandra enodis Nees

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Lepironia neesii T.Koyama (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Detombeur_2025 (34), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (3), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (9), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (6), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 126 records in 18 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 (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.6-1.7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.6-1.7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); grey (1); red (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 298 g/m2 (255.94-353.72 g/m2) [sources: Detombeur_2025]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.41 g/g (0.36-0.43 g/g) [sources: Detombeur_2025]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1); leaf (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); graminoid_not_tussock (1); herb (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rhizomatous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyyyn (1); nnnnyyyyyynn (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9.47 mg/g (8.21-12 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2025]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.34 mg/g (0.29-0.42 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2025]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.09 {delta}[ppth] (-28.08--26.2 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Detombeur_2025]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.82 mg (1.54-2 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 2.2 mm (2.2-2.2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.56 m (0.18-1 m) [sources: SAH_2014; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Detombeur_2025	12	34	F. D. Tombeur, L. Plouzeau, J. Shaw, M. J. Hodson, K. Ranathunge, J. Kotula, P. E. Hayes, M. Tremblay, S. Coq, M. Stein, R. Nakamura, I. J. Wright, H. Lambers, C. Violle, and P. L. Clode. “Anatomical and Trait Analyses Reveal a Silicon-Carbon Trade-Off in the Epidermis of Sedges”. Plant, Cell & Environment 48.3 (2024), pp. 2396-2410. ISSN: 1365-3040. doi: 10.1111/pce.15307.
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.
Tsakalos_2020	16	17	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
RBGV_2023	6	9	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Wheeler_2002	6	6	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
WAH_2022_2	5	5	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
Kew_2019_1	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
SAH_2022	3	3	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/.
SAH_2023	3	3	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/.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.