AusTraits

Cyperus esculentus

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Cyperus esculentus L.

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

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (formerly naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_1 (22), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 51 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); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.55 mm (1.5-1.8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); grey (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (2); tussock (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_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): 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); rhizome_fleshy (1); rhizome_woody (1); stem_tuber (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.16 mg (0.16-0.16 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Metcalfe_2020_11922D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
NHNSW_202378N. 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/.
RBGV_202378VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.