Cyperus laevis
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Cyperus laevis R.Br.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 26 records in 9 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); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.16 mg (0.16-0.16 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 6 | 7 | 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/. |
| 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. |
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 3 | 3 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 3 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| Kew_2019_6 | 1 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |