Hydrocotyle alata
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Family Araliaceae
Taxonomy: Hydrocotyle alata A.Rich.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hydrocotyle cymbalaria Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Sjostrom_2006 (3), Tsakalos_2020 (16), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 39 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): unknown (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 3.25 mm (1.5-5 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (2.5-8 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_shape (categorical): triangular (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); prostrate (1); spreading (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.04 m (0.01-0.05 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsakalos_2020 | 15 | 16 | J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787. |
| Wheeler_2002 | 8 | 10 | J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| 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. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://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. |