AusTraits

Cyperus isabellinus

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Cyperus isabellinus K.L.Wilson

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

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 11 traits from 17 records in 5 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): 2.15 mm (1.8-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.6-0.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.6-0.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
life history

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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/.
Metcalfe_2020_133D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
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/.
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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.