AusTraits

Limnobium laevigatum

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Family Hydrocharitaceae

Taxonomy: Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Salvinia laevigata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (6), NHNSW_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 24 records in 4 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): monoecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.35 mm (1.7-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 3.35 mm (1.7-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 24 mm (8-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); reniform (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231115N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202266N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.