Fimbristylis densa
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Fimbristylis densa S.T.Blake
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Lord_1997 (3), Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), Nano_2011 (2), Rice_1991 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 19 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1) [sources: Lord_1997; Rice_1991; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Lord_1997]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.11 mg (0.11-0.12 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Lord_1997]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Lord_1997 | 3 | 3 | J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x. |
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 3 | 3 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. 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_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/. |
| Rice_1991 | 1 | 1 | B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |