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Aerva javanica

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Achyranthes javanica (Burm.f.) Pers. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Aerva persica (Burm.f.) Merr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Aerva tomentosa Forssk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Illecebrum javanicum (Burm.f.) L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Iresine javanica Burm.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Iresine persica Burm.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (15), Jurado_1991 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2024 (8), NTH_2022 (5), NTH_2023 (14), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (9), Stephens_2023 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (30). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 54 traits from 107 records in 15 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.33 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): utricle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 300 mm2 (300-300 mm2) [sources: Jurado_1991]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 43.38 mm (15-77 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (4-16 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); narrowly_obovate (3); oblanceolate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5); shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jurado_1991; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (4); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); wind (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Jurado_1991]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.28 mg (0.28-0.28 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.85 mm (0.7-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1); reniform (1) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.18 m (0.4-1.6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20222730L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_20231215Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231214D. 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/.
SAH_202379S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202468N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Jurado_199166E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
ABRS_202255Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_202255D. 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/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.