Juncus pallescens
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Family Juncaceae
Taxonomy: Juncus pallescens Lam.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2024 (12), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 37 records in 6 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.2-3.3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.45 mm (0.8-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): terete (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.35 mm (0.3-0.4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.2 mm (0.2-0.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
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_2024 | 10 | 12 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. 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/. |
| 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. |
| 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. |