Lepidosperma flexuosum
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Lepidosperma flexuosum R.Br.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lepidosperma flexuosa R.Br. (orthographic variant)
- Lepidotosperma flexuosum Roem. & Schult. (orthographic variant)
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Hughes_1992 (4), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 38 records in 7 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: White_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]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 40 mm2 (40-40 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 149.25 g/m2 (149.25-149.25 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1); tussock (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnyynnnnnnn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5 mg (4.99-5 mg) [sources: Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 20 | 20 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| Leishman_1995 | 6 | 6 | M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604. |
| Hughes_1992 | 4 | 4 | L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992. |
| 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. |
| Leishman_1993 | 1 | 1 | M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |