Isoetes elatior
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Family Isoetaceae
Taxonomy: Isoetes elatior F.Muell. ex A.Braun
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Calamaria elatior (A.Braun) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Isoetes lacustris L. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 9 traits from 13 records in 3 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 375 mm (300-450 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (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]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): corm (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 8 | 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 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |