Gahnia microstachya

Benth. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Gahnia

At a glance

Occurrence records780

Data sources5

Biological traits35

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Gahnia microstachya's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility780 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources35 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS4 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF780 records

01Narrative

Gahnia microstachya is a tussock-forming perennial in the family Cyperaceae, that is native to south eastern parts of Australia from New South Wales to Tasmania.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology12

Fruit length2 mm

Fruit width0.9 mm

Leaf size2 171 mm²

Leaf width max2 mm

Leaf width min1 mm

Plant height max0.45 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Seed length2.3 mm

Seed mass0.751 mg

Seed mass max0.75 mg

Seed mass min0.75 mg

Seed width1.2 mm

Life cycle & reproduction9

Dehiscenceindehiscent

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timeyynnnnnnyyyy

Life formperennial or rhizomatous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Lifeform raunkiaer detailedgeophyte

Pollination syndromewind

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite+monoecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typenut

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: graminoid herb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapefiliform

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition4 compounds

Compounds documented for Gahnia microstachya across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile2 classes

Flavones3

Anthocyanidins1

Documented compounds4 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
Chrysoeriol	present	LOTUS
Cyanidin	present	LOTUS
Luteolin 7-diglucoside	present	LOTUS
Tricin	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type780 records

Wild obs. + sensor505

Museum / vouchered272

Cultivated / captive2

Other1

Origin

Native64

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 644 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 364≤1 km 70≤10 km 63>10 km 3

500 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor505

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy36% within 1 km

≤100 m 22≤1 km 63≤10 km 137>10 km 11

233 georeferenced · 39 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence272

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2

2 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions13 of 20 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	71
Mount Annan, AU	63
Hobart, AU	43
Canberra, AU	26
Armidale, AU	10
Brisbane, AU	10
Adelaide, AU	8
QVMAGlocation not on record	7
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	7
Kew, GB	7
Batemans Bay, AU	3
UnBlocation not on record	3
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	3
Wollongong, AU	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	1
Palmerston, AU	1
Philadelphia, US	1
Kensington, AU	1
Wellington, NZ	1

20 institutions · 270 of 272 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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