Caldesia reniformis
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Family Alismataceae
Taxonomy: Caldesia reniformis (D.Don) Makino
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Alisma reniforme D.Don (nomenclatural synonym)
- Alisma reniformis D.Don (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Alisma parnassifolium Bassi ex L. (misapplied)
- Caldesia parnassifolia (Bassi ex L.) Parl. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 25 records in 5 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): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 50 mm (35-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): floating (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 11 | 13 | 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 | 5 | 5 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. 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. |
| 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. |