Thoracostachyum sumatranum
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy: Thoracostachyum sumatranum (Miq.) Kurz
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hypolytrum pandanophyllum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Lepironia sumatrana Miq. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Mapania hypelytroides F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Mapania hypolytroides F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Mapania pandanophylla (F.Muell.) K.Schum. (taxonomic synonym)
- Mapania sumatrana (Miq.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Mapania sumatrana subsp. pandanophyllum (F.Muell.) D.A.Simpson (taxonomic synonym)
- Thoracostachyum pandanophyllum (F.Muell.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_1 (3), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 25 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 3.25 mm (3-3.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (1.8-2.2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (1) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.5 m (2.5-2.5 m) [sources: NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 6 | 8 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 5 | 5 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | 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. |
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 3 | 3 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| NTH_2022 | 2 | 2 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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. |