Luzula acutifolia subsp. nana
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Family Juncaceae
Taxonomy: Luzula acutifolia subsp. nana Edgar
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (11), Morgan_2014 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (9), Pickering_2014 (7), Venn_2011 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 40 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 36.37 mm2 (31.7-40 mm2) [sources: Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014; Venn_2011]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 82.14 g/m2 (64.36-99.92 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
- leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.23 g/g (0.03-0.42 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Pickering_2014; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): mat-forming (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.31 mg (0.03-0.54 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Morgan_2014; Venn_2011]
- seed_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANBG_2019 | 1 | 11 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 7 | 9 | N. 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/. |
| Pickering_2014 | 4 | 7 | C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. 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/. |
| Morgan_2014 | 3 | 3 | J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004. |
| Venn_2011 | 3 | 3 | S. E. Venn, K. Green, C. M. Pickering, and J. W. Morgan. “Using plant functional traits to explain community composition across a strong environmental filter in Australian alpine snowpatches”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 1491-1499. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9923-1. |
| 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. |