Cyperus distans
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Cyperus distans L.f.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cyperus distans L.f. f. distans (nomenclatural synonym)
- Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cyperus elatus L. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (6), Kew_2019_6 (10), Metcalfe_2020_1 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 28 records in 6 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 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): geophyte (1); hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- 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): 0.13 mg (0.09-0.15 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2020_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kew_2019_6 | 1 | 10 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 6 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 5 | 5 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| 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. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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. |