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Gahnia filifolia

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Gahnia filifolia (C.Presl) Kük. ex Benl

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Caustis filifolia (C.Presl) H.Pfeiff. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Caustis sieberi Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cladium sieberi (Kunth) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Didymonema filifolia C.Presl (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Epiandra teretifolia C.Presl (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gahnia psittacoram Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gahnia psittacorum Schult. & Schult.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gahnia sieberi (Schrad. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Boeckeler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gahnia teretifolia (C.Presl) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Mariscus filifolia (C.Presl) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Melachne sieberi Schrad. ex Schult. & Schult.f. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 27 records in 8 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): 3.25 mm (3-3.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.4 mm (1.3-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.4 mm (1.3-1.5 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) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (2) [sources: 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]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.97 mg (1.97-1.97 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

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/.
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/.
NSWFRD_201433B. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.