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Leptocarpus scoparius

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Family Restionaceae

Taxonomy: Leptocarpus scoparius B.G.Briggs

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hypolaena ramosissima Gilg (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Leptocarpus ramosissimus (Gilg) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leptocarpus sp. D (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leptocarpus sp. D Perth Flora (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stenotalis ramosissima (Gilg) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_1 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (8), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 46 records in 12 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
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_1]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_1]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 3 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (4); herb (3); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); dense (1); rhizomatous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.62 m (0.2-0.9 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_202389Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wheeler_200278J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
ABRS_202255Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_144Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_133Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_223Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Yang_202322S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.