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Cyperus fulvus

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Cyperus fulvus R.Br.

Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cyperus fulvus R.Br. var. fulvus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cyperus fulvus var. canescens (C.B.Clarke ex Domin) Kük. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyperus fulvus var. confusus (C.B.Clarke ex Domin) Kük. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyperus fulvus var. densespiculatus (Domin) Kük. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyperus fulvus var. viscidus Kük. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyperus jucundus C.B.Clarke (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyperus laetus C.B.Clarke (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyperus ochroleucus Boeckeler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyperus sieberi Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mariscus fulvus (R.Br.) C.B.Clarke (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Mariscus fulvus var. canescens C.B.Clarke ex Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mariscus fulvus var. confusus C.B.Clarke ex Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mariscus fulvus var. densespiculatus Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mariscus fulvus var. jucundus (C.B.Clarke) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cyperus alterniflorus R.Br. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Cyperus carinatus R.Br. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (8), Metcalfe_2020_1 (17), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 78 records in 13 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]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.6-0.9 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.6-0.9 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_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): brown (2); yellow (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (3); tussock (2) [sources: Catford_2014; Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): water (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2); vegetative (1) [sources: Catford_2014; Metcalfe_2020_1; White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.35 mg (0.35-0.35 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.9-0.9 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Metcalfe_2020_11517D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
Catford_201488J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
NHNSW_202358N. 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_202358VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
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/.
NSWFRD_201433B. 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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. 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.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.