Machaerina teretifolia

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Machaerina teretifolia (R.Br.) T.Koyama

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)

Baumea teretifolia (R.Br.) Palla (nomenclatural synonym)
Chapelliera teretifolia B.D.Jacks. (taxonomic synonym)
Cladium rigidifolium C.Presl (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Cladium rigidifolium C.Presl ex Steud. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Cladium teretifolium R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Cladium teretifolium R.Br. f. teretifolium (nomenclatural synonym)
Cladium teretifolium R.Br. var. teretifolium (nomenclatural synonym)
Cladium teretifolium var. typicum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Gahnia teretifolia (R.Br.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Mariscus teretifolius (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_1 (20), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 73 records in 9 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 (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.3-2.2 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.05 mm (0.9-1.5 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 1.2 mm (0.9-1.5 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_width (numerical): 1.8 mm (1.8-1.8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); graminoid_not_tussock (1); herb (2); tussock (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): vertebrate (1); wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): water (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyynnn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Metcalfe_2020_1	17	20	D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020.
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.
NHNSW_2023	8	11	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/.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	B. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
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.