Hypolytrum nemorum

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Hypolytrum nemorum (Vahl) Spreng.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hypelytrum latifolium F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Hypolytrum anomalum (Retz.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Hypolytrum anomalum var. refractum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Hypolytrum anomalum var. typicum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Hypolytrum giganteum Wall. ex Nees (taxonomic synonym)
Hypolytrum latifolium Rich. ex Pers. (taxonomic synonym)
Hypolytrum nemorum (Vahl) Spreng. var. nemorum (nomenclatural synonym)
Hypolytrum nemorum subsp. nemorum (C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama (nomenclatural synonym)
Schoenus nemorum Vahl (nomenclatural synonym)
Scirpus anomalus Retz. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Crowley_2007 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), Metcalfe_2009 (17), Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (1), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (14). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 51 records in 12 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); resprouts (1) [sources: Crowley_2007; Metcalfe_2009; Nano_2011]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 8400 mm2 (8400-8400 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Metcalfe_2020_1]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1); tussock (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): proteoid_root (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.08 mg (0.82-1.33 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.9-0.9 m) [sources: NTH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Metcalfe_2009	17	17	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	13	14	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
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.
Metcalfe_2020_1	3	3	D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. 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/.
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.
ATRP_2020	1	1	F. 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.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NTH_2023	1	1	D. 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/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.