Oreobolus oxycarpus subsp. oxycarpus

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Oreobolus oxycarpus S.T.Blake subsp. oxycarpus

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

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 62 records in 7 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.35 mm (1.8-2.9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.7-1.1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.7-1.1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 20.75 mm (7-26 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.5-1.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1); spiral (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): mat-forming (2); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; White_2020]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.1 m (0.1-0.1 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
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.
RBGV_2023	11	16	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	11	15	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/.
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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.