Morelotia octandra

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Morelotia octandra (Nees) R.L.Barrett & J.J.Bruhl

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), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Detombeur_2025 (57). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 82 records in 4 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: Burrows_2008_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4.8 mm (4.5-5.1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.7 mm (1.6-1.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 1.7 mm (1.6-1.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nutlet (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 375 mm (150-600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 181.56 g/m2 (143.46-221.72 g/m2) [sources: Detombeur_2025]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.4 g/g (0.37-0.43 g/g) [sources: Detombeur_2025]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Detombeur_2025]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): pseudobulb (1); rhizome_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 7.15 mg/g (6.83-7.76 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2025]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.22 mg/g (0.17-0.25 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2025]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.74 {delta}[ppth] (-30.18--29.26 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Detombeur_2025]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.95 m (0.7-1.2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Detombeur_2025	13	57	F. D. Tombeur, L. Plouzeau, J. Shaw, M. J. Hodson, K. Ranathunge, J. Kotula, P. E. Hayes, M. Tremblay, S. Coq, M. Stein, R. Nakamura, I. J. Wright, H. Lambers, C. Violle, and P. L. Clode. “Anatomical and Trait Analyses Reveal a Silicon-Carbon Trade-Off in the Epidermis of Sedges”. Plant, Cell & Environment 48.3 (2024), pp. 2396-2410. ISSN: 1365-3040. doi: 10.1111/pce.15307.
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.
Burrows_2008_2	4	4	N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
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.