AusTraits

Landoltia punctata

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Family Araceae

Taxonomy: Landoltia punctata (G.Mey.) Les & D.J.Crawford

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lemna melanorrhiza F.Muell. ex Kurz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lemna oligorrhiza Kurz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lemna pleiorrhiza F.Muell. ex Kurz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lemna punctata G.Mey. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Spirodela melanorrhiza (F.Muell. ex Kurz) Hegelm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spirodela oligorrhiza (Kurz) Hegelm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spirodela oligorrhiza (Kurz) Hegelm. var. oligorrhiza (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spirodela oligorrhiza var. melanorrhiza (F.Muell. ex Kurz) Hegelm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spirodela oligorrhiza var. pleiorrhiza (F.Muell. ex Kurz) Hegelm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spirodela oligorrhiza var. pusilla Hegelm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spirodela pleiorrhiza (F.Muell. ex Kurz) Hegelm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spirodela punctata (G.Mey.) C.H.Thomps. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Spirodela pusilla Hegelm. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (10), Catford_2014 (3), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (2), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (77), Williams_2011 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 126 records in 13 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
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.8-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10) [sources: Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hydrophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Williams_2011]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): floating (1); mat-forming (1); prostrate (2) [sources: Catford_2014; WAH_2022_2; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); insect (1); pollination_rare (4); water (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); epizoochory (4); hydrochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (4); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): aboveground_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202077M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Williams_20111111R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
ABRS_2023810Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_235Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Catford_201433J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
SAH_202322S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
RBGV_202311VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.