Limnophila chinensis
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Family Plantaginaceae
Taxonomy: Limnophila chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Columnea chinensis Osbeck (nomenclatural synonym)
- Limnophila hirsuta (B.Heyne ex Benth.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Stemodia hirsuta B.Heyne ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 31 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 6 mm (3-9 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1); whorled (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (2); terrestrial (2) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (2) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyynnnn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.5-0.7 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.2-0.2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 10 | 13 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 5 | 5 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| NTH_2022 | 4 | 4 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |