Isolepis cyperoides
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Isolepis cyperoides R.Br.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Scirpus brunonianus S.T.Blake (nomenclatural synonym)
- Scirpus cyperoides (R.Br.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (7), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 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
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (2) [sources: Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (4) [sources: Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- root_structure (categorical): proteoid_root (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.12 mg (0.12-0.12 mg) [sources: Standish_2019]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.28 m (0.03-0.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standish_2019 | 7 | 7 | R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019. |
| Wheeler_2002 | 6 | 6 | J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168. |
| 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. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |