Isoetes tripus
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Family Isoetaceae
Taxonomy: Isoetes tripus A.Braun
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Calamaria tripus (A.Braun) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Isoetes phaeospora Durieu (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), Burrows_2008_2 (1), Burrows_2020 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 24 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.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (25-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.5-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (1); herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1); terrestrial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): corm (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.07 m (0.07-0.07 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 7 | 9 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Burrows_2008_2 | 1 | 1 | N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025). |
| Burrows_2020 | 1 | 1 | N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |