Aponogeton bullosus
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Family Aponogetonaceae
Taxonomy: Aponogeton bullosus H.Bruggen
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (16), Cooper_2013 (12), SPRAT_2025_2 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 39 records in 6 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) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2); strobilus (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 225 mm (70-380 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 5.5 cm (1-10 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 2.42 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- seed_width (numerical): 1.3 mm (1-1.6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 11 | 16 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 12 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 4 | 4 | F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. |
| 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. |
| 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. |