Cyperus dietrichiae
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Cyperus dietrichiae Boeckeler
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cyperus dietrichiae var. fractuosus Kük. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Cyperus trichostachys Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Mariscus dietrichiae (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke (nomenclatural synonym)
- Mariscus dietrichiae (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke subsp. dietrichiae (nomenclatural synonym)
- Mariscus dietrichiae subsp. eudietrichiae Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (2), Metcalfe_2020_1 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 36 records in 8 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): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.7 mm (1.7-1.7 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.4-0.4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.4-0.4 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): grey (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1); tussock (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): geophyte (1); hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1); tufted (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.4-0.4 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 15 | 15 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 6 | 6 | N. 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_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. 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/. |
| 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. |
| ATRP_2020 | 2 | 2 | F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 2 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |