Lepidosperma calcicola
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Lepidosperma calcicola R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lepidosperma sp. B (taxonomic synonym)
- Lepidosperma sp. B Perth Flora (taxonomic synonym)
- Lepidosperma sp. Coastal Dunes (R.J.Cranfield 9963) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Lepidosperma sp. D (taxonomic synonym)
- Lepidosperma sp. D Perth Flora (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Detombeur_2021 (81), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 105 records in 5 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 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_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 (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nyyynnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.27 mg/g (0.17-0.37 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2021]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detombeur_2021 | 9 | 81 | F. de Tombeur, E. Laliberte, H. Lambers, M. Faucon, G. Zemunik, B. L. Turner, J. Cornelis, and G. Mahy. “A shift from phenol to silica-based leaf defenses during long-term soil and ecosystem development”. Ecology Letters 24.5 (2021), pp. 984-995. doi: 10.1111/ele.13713. |
| Tsakalos_2020 | 16 | 17 | J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787. |
| 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. |
| 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. |