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Eleocharis dulcis

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch.

Synonyms: 15 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Andropogon dulce Burm.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Andropogon dulcis Burm.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Elaeocharis dulcis Hensch. (orthographic variant)
  • Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch. var. dulcis (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa (Schult.) T.Koyama (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eleocharis esculenta Vieill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eleocharis plantaginea (Retz.) Roem. & Schult. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Eleocharis plantaginoidea W.Wight (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eleocharis plantaginoides (Rottb.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eleocharis plantaginoides (Rottb.) W.Wight (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eleocharis tuberosa Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Heleocharis plantaginoides Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus plantagineus Retz. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus plantaginoides Rottb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus tuberosus Roxb. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (2), Kew_2019_1 (4), Metcalfe_2020_1 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (9), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (8), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 53 records in 16 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.58 mm (1.3-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1); stoloniferous (1); submerged (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyynnnn (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2); stem_tuber (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.49 mg (0.91-2.49 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.12 m (1-1.5 m) [sources: NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_202369N. 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/.
NTH_202368D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_255Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_223Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Metcalfe_2020_122D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
eFLOWER_Dun_202222L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.