Aponogeton queenslandicus

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Family Aponogetonaceae

Taxonomy: Aponogeton queenslandicus H.Bruggen

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

Aponogeton monostachyos L.f. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (12), NHNSW_2024 (22), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (25), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 88 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2.5-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2.65 mm (2.3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; 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): 99.67 mm (28-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 30.83 mm (6-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 50.33 cm (15-70 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); lanceolate (2); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2); cordate (3); cuneate (3); obtuse (2); truncate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 2.35 mm (1.7-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.6-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NTH_2023	14	25	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/.
NHNSW_2024	15	22	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/.
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	10	12	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
NTH_2022	2	2	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/.
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.