AusTraits

Cyperus albostriatus

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Cyperus albostriatus Schrad.

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

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (7), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 44 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.

fire response
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.12 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.3-0.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.3-0.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1); white (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.75 mm (8-18 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1); rhizome_woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.3-0.5 m) [sources: SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_2023711N. 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/.
SAH_2023911S. 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/.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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.
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/.
Kubiak_200923P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.