AusTraits

Lepidosperma concavum

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Lepidosperma concavum R.Br.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Chaetospora concava (R.Br.) Nees (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lepidosperma concava R.Br. (orthographic variant)
  • Lepidosperma concavum R.Br. var. concavum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lepidosperma squamatum var. concavum (R.Br.) Kük. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lepidotosperma concavum Roem. & Schult. (orthographic variant)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lepidosperma laterale R.Br. (misapplied)
  • Lepidosperma squamatum Labill. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (8), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (9), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Taseski_2021 (64), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 63 traits from 161 records in 17 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): andromonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.68 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.27 mm (1-1.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.27 mm (1-1.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 868.03 mm2 (175.1-2356.19 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Taseski_2021]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 96.96 mg (38.3-198.6 mg) [sources: Taseski_2021]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 200.78 g/m2 (127.86-276.21 g/m2) [sources: Taseski_2021]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.69 g/g (0.46-1.89 g/g) [sources: Taseski_2021]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); c4 (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (4); tussock (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.26 mg (4.93-5.59 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Taseski_2021964G. M. Taseski, D. A. Keith, R. L. Dalrymple, and W. K. Cornwell. “Shifts in fine root traits within and among species along a fine-scale hydrological gradient”. Annals of Botany 127.4 (2021), pp. 473-481. ISSN: 1095-8290. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa175.
White_20202121M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023711N. 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/.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
NSWFRD_201499B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
SAH_202389S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Cheal_201788D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
SAH_201411J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.