Hydrocotyle rivularis
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Family Araliaceae
Taxonomy: Hydrocotyle rivularis H.Eichler ex Henwood
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Hydrocotyle sp. A (aff. tripartita) (taxonomic synonym)
- Hydrocotyle sp. Happy Jacks Plain (taxonomic synonym)
- Hydrocotyle sp. aff. tripartita (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2024 (12), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 48 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 0.95 mm (0.9-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.7-0.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2); schizocarp (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (6-11 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 10 mm (7-13 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- petiole_length (numerical): 10.5 cm (5-16 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; White_2020]
- 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): hydrochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): water (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 21 | 21 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 8 | 12 | 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/. |
| RBGV_2023 | 5 | 8 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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. |