Cladium mariscus
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cladium jamaicense Crantz (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl subsp. mariscus (nomenclatural synonym)
- Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense Kük. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Gahnia mariscus (L.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Schoenus mariscus L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (8), NTH_2022 (3), RBGK_2014 (1), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 28 records in 9 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): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (1) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.32 mg (1.87-2.74 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: SAH_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 8 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| SAH_2023 | 5 | 5 | 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/. |
| 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. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| RBGK_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |