Cyperus semifertilis
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Cyperus semifertilis S.T.Blake
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), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (6), SPRAT_2025_2 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 34 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.6-1.7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 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) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 450 mm (300-600 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.88 mm (1.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SPRAT_2025_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); hydrochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
- dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1); water (1); wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.33 mg (0.33-0.33 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.45 m (0.3-0.6 m) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 7 | 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/. |
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 4 | 7 | F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. |
| NSWFRD_2014 | 6 | 6 | B. 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. |
| 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/. |
| 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. |
| 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. |