AusTraits

Cyperus vorsteri

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Cyperus vorsteri K.L.Wilson

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Mariscus grantii C.B.Clarke (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (9), WAH_2022_2 (2), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 21 records in 7 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) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.05 mm (1.8-2.3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.6-0.6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.6-0.6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.5 mm (7-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_202379N. 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/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.