Butomopsis latifolia
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Family Alismataceae
Taxonomy: Butomopsis latifolia (D.Don) Kunth
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Butomopsis cordofanus (Hochst.) Kunth ex Walp. (taxonomic synonym)
- Butomopsis lanceolata (Roxb.) Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
- Butomus lanceolatus Roxb. (taxonomic synonym)
- Butomus latifolius D.Don (nomenclatural synonym)
- Tenagocharis cordofana Hochst. (taxonomic synonym)
- Tenagocharis latifolia (D.Don) Buchenau (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (10), Kew_2019_1 (4), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 45 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): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 9.5 mm (7-12 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 (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (50-130 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 40 mm (15-65 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 14 cm (3-24 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.04 mg (0.03-0.07 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.7 m (0.7-0.7 m) [sources: NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 13 | 17 | 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 | 9 | 10 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 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. |