Morelotia australiensis

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Morelotia australiensis (C.B.Clarke) R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC):

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), Yang_2023 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 26 records in 3 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: Yang_2023]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 5.15 mm (4.9-5.4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2.15 mm (2-2.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 2.15 mm (2-2.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nutlet (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 150 mm (120-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1); rhizome_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Yang_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.3-1.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	12	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Yang_2023	5	5	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.