AusTraits

Fimbristylis dichotoma

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl

Synonyms: 37 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Fimbristylis annua var. diphylla (Retz.) Kük. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis communis Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis dichotma W.E.Cooper (orthographic variant)
  • Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl f. dichotoma (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl subsp. dichotoma (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl var. dichotoma (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Fimbristylis dichotoma var. B (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis dichotomum Vahl (orthographic variant)
  • Fimbristylis diphylla (Retz.) Vahl (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis diphylla (Retz.) Vahl f. diphylla (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis diphylla (Retz.) Vahl var. diphylla (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis diphylla f. coarctata Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis diphylla f. glabra Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis diphylla f. subpubescens Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis diphylla var. gracilis (R.Br.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis diphylla var. polystachya Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis diphyllum Vahl (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis elongata R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis gracilis Nees ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis gracilis R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis laxa Vahl (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis obtusifolia Nees ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis polymorpha Boeckeler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis royeniana Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis striata Labill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis stricta R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis tristachya Nees ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Fimbristylis variabilis R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus dichotomus L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Scirpus diphylla Retz. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus elongata Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus elongatus (R.Br.) Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus gracilis (R.Br.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus gracilis (R.Br.) Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus stricta Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus strictus (R.Br.) Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Scirpus variabilis (R.Br.) Poir. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (2), Firn_2019 (126), Jurado_1991 (5), Jurado_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (13), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (23), Kubiak_2009 (2), Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (2), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (8), Nano_2011 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (3), Schmidt_2003 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soliveres_2012 (2), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (14). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 295 records in 33 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 (1); resprouts (4) [sources: Crowley_2007; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (2); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.03 mm (0.7-1.3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.82 mm (0.6-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.6-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1); fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Soliveres_2012]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (3); white (4); yellow (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (7); herb (9); tussock (1) [sources: Firn_2019; Jurado_1991; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Schmidt_2003; Soliveres_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (3); tufted (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Schmidt_2003; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2); epizoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_5; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyyynn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.46 mg (0.12-0.68 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Firn_20196126J. Firn, J. M. McGree, E. Harvey, H. Flores-Moreno, M. Schuetz, Y. M. Buckley, E. T. Borer, E. W. Seabloom, K. J. L. Pierre, A. M. MacDougall, S. M. Prober, C. J. Stevens, L. L. Sullivan, E. Porter, E. Ladouceur, C. Allen, K. H. Moromizato, J. W. Morgan, W. S. Harpole, Y. Hautier, N. Eisenhauer, J. P. Wright, P. B. Adler, C. A. Arnillas, J. D. Bakker, L. Biederman, A. A. D. Broadbent, C. S. Brown, M. N. Bugalho, M. C. Caldeira, E. E. Cleland, A. Ebeling, P. A. Fay, N. Hagenah, A. R. Kleinhesselink, R. Mitchell, J. L. Moore, C. Nogueira, P. L. Peri, C. Roscher, M. D. Smith, P. D. Wragg, and A. C. Risch. “Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs”. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3.3 (2019), pp. 400-406. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0790-1.
Kew_2019_6123Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221114L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2023711N. 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/.
RBGV_2023711VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
Schmidt_200377S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
Jurado_199155E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ATRP_202033F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Jurado_199213E. Jurado and M. Westoby. “Germination biology of selected central Australian plants”. Austral Ecology 17.3 (1992), pp. 341-348. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1992.tb00816.x.
Metcalfe_2020_133D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
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/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
SAH_202333S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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).
Draper_202322J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kubiak_200922P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NSWFRD_201422B. 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.
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.
Soliveres_201222S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
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.