Diplacrum caricinum
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Diplacrum caricinum R.Br.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Diplacrum tridentatum Brongn. (taxonomic synonym)
- Scleria caricina (R.Br.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 9 traits from 10 records in 4 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): dioecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 3 | 4 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 3 | 3 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |