Blyxa echinosperma
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Family Hydrocharitaceae
Taxonomy: Blyxa echinosperma (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Blyxa aubertii var. echinosperma (C.B.Clarke) C.D.K.Cook & Luond (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hydrotrophus echinospermus C.B.Clarke (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (16), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 30 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 45 mm (30-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 205 mm (60-350 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): stoloniferous (1); submerged (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 2.38 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [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. |
| 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/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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. |