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Lindernia aplectra

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Family Linderniaceae

Taxonomy: Lindernia aplectra W.R.Barker

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lindernia subulata var. glanduligera Specht (taxonomic synonym)
  • Vandellia aplectra (W.R.Barker) Eb.Fisch., Schäferh. & Kai Müll. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (19), RBGK_2014 (1), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 34 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.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 9.5 mm (4-15 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.5-1 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); strap-shaped (1); subulate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (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 (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (2) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.03 mg (0.03-0.03 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.5-0.6 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.3 mm (0.3-0.3 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.04-0.35 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231319D. 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/.
NTH_202244D. 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_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.