AusTraits

Gahnia erythrocarpa

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Gahnia erythrocarpa R.Br.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cladium erythrocarpa (R.Br.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Gahnia goniocarpa Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gahnia gonyocarpa Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gahnia psittacorum var. erythrocarpa (R.Br.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Gahnia psittacorum var. erythrocarpa Benl (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Gahnia psittacorum var. microcarpa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gahnia urvilleana Kunth (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Hughes_1992 (2), Kubiak_2009 (6), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 42 records in 11 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (5-5.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.2-2.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.2-2.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 13330 mm2 (13330-13330 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 143.68 g/m2 (143.68-143.68 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Leishman_1995]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 16.68 mg (16.65-16.7 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]

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/.
Kubiak_200936P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Leishman_199555M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
NSWFRD_201455B. 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.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Hughes_199222L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Leishman_199311M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.