Scleria lithosperma
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw.
Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Carex lithosperma (L.) L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hypoporum capillare (R.Br.) Nees (taxonomic synonym)
- Hypoporum capillaris A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
- Hypoporum lithospermum (L.) Nees (taxonomic synonym)
- Hypoporum sieberi Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Scirpus lithospermus L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Scleria capillaris R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Scleria flagella Sw. (taxonomic synonym)
- Scleria flagellum Sw. (taxonomic synonym)
- Scleria lithosperma f. ramosa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 7 traits from 7 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.19 mg (3.19-3.19 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |