Oreobolus pumilio subsp. pumilio

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Oreobolus pumilio R.Br. subsp. pumilio

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

Distribution (APC): ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 72 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.45 mm (1.2-1.7 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); red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 33.64 mm2 (33.64-33.64 mm2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
leaf_length (numerical): 14 mm (3-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.05 mm (0.5-1.6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 107.6 g/m2 (107.6-107.6 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.04 g/g (0.04-0.04 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
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 (4); herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Pickering_2014; 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]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.48 mg (0.45-0.54 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]

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	21	21	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	11	16	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/.
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/.
ANBG_2019	1	4	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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/.
Pickering_2014	4	4	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.
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.