Cyperus albescens
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Cyperus albescens (Steud.) Larridon & Govaerts
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hypaelyptum argenteum Vahl (taxonomic synonym)
- Kyllinga albescens Steud. (basionym)
- Lipocarpha argentea R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Lipocarpha chinensis (Osbeck) J.Kern (taxonomic synonym)
- Lipocarpha senegalensis (Lam.) T.Durand & H.Durand (taxonomic synonym)
- Scirpus chinensis Osbeck (taxonomic synonym)
- Scirpus senegalensis Lam. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_6 (8), Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), RBGK_2014 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 8 traits from 15 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): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.07 mg (0.07-0.07 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kew_2019_6 | 1 | 8 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 3 | 3 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |