Alternanthera philoxeroides
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Family Amaranthaceae
Taxonomy: Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Bucholzia philoxeroides Mart. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2024 (7), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 36 records in 8 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: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (2); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (2); terrestrial (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): stoloniferous (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 8 | 10 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 7 | 9 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 5 | 7 | N. 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/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 5 | 5 | 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. |
| Mesaglio_2022 | 1 | 1 | T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 1 | 1 | 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_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |