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Cyperus compressus

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Cyperus compressus L.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cyperus compressus L. f. compressus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cyperus compressus L. subsp. compressus (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_1 (17), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (8), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (3), RBGK_2014 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 45 records in 11 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.38 mm (1-1.7 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (1.5-4 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (3); tussock (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); hydrochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.34 mg (0.32-0.36 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.18 m (0.1-0.25 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Metcalfe_2020_11517D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
NHNSW_202368N. 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/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
NTH_202233D. 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/.
NTH_202333D. 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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.