Aponogeton euryspermus

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Family Aponogetonaceae

Taxonomy: Aponogeton euryspermus Hellq. & S.W.L.Jacobs

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Aponogeton elongatus f. strigosus H.Bruggen (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Aponogeton elongatus F.Muell. ex Benth. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (18), NTH_2023 (22), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 54 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

sex_type (categorical): trioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4.6 mm (3-6.2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.7 mm (2.4-5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): follicle (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 208.33 mm (110-350 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 18.12 mm (7-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 50.25 cm (23-64 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2); cuneate (2); obtuse (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2); undulate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): floating (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 3.6 mm (2.3-4.9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 2.15 mm (1.5-2.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NTH_2023	14	22	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/.
ABRS_2023	11	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_2	5	5	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.