Lepidosperma angustatum
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Lepidosperma angustatum R.Br.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lepidosperma angustata R.Br. (orthographic variant)
- Lepidosperma angustatum R.Br. var. angustatum (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lepidotosperma angustatum Roem. & Schult. (orthographic variant)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 24 records in 9 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): resprouts (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
- fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 26 mo (26-26 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrows_2008_2 | 4 | 4 | N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025). |
| Burrows_2020 | 4 | 4 | N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020. |
| 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. |
| Sweedman_2006 | 1 | 3 | L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079. |
| 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 | 2 | 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. |
| Schmidt_1993 | 1 | 1 | S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |