Juncus microcephalus
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Family Juncaceae
Taxonomy: Juncus microcephalus Kunth
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 51 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.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.75 mm (2-3.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (2); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (0.7-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): terete (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (5); herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.45 mm (0.4-0.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.2 mm (0.2-0.2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.25 m (0.5-2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 12 | 15 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 7 | 8 | N. 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_2 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. 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_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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_1 | 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |