Cyperus involucratus
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Cyperus involucratus Rottb.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Cyperus flabelliformis Rottb. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (2), Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (9), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (5), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 37 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
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 0.76 mm (0.6-0.9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 0.45 mm (0.4-0.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 0.45 mm (0.4-0.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); rhizomatous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.62 m (1.2-1.8 m) [sources: SAH_2014; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 6 | 9 | 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/. |
| SAH_2023 | 4 | 5 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 3 | 3 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| SAH_2014 | 1 | 1 | J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |