AusTraits

Ludwigia octovalvis

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Family Onagraceae

Taxonomy: Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H.Raven

Synonyms: 22 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Jussiaea angustifolia Lam. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea octofila DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea octonervia f. sessiliflora Micheli (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea octonervia var. sessiliflora (Micheli) Micheli (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa f. genuina Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa f. latifrons Domin (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. acuminata Domin (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. angustifolia (Lam.) H.Lev. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. angustifolia (Lam.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. angustifolia F.M.Bailey (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. brevifolia Domin (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. interstans Domin (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. linearifolia Domin (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. octofila (DC.) H.Lev. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. villosa (Lam.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea suffruticosa var. villosa F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussiaea villosa Lam. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Jussieua suffruticosa F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H.Raven subsp. octovalvis (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Ludwigia octovalvis subsp. sessiliflora (Micheli) P.H.Raven (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oenothera octovalvis Jacq. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (13), Brock_1993 (11), Chen_2017 (5), Cooper_2013 (13), Crowley_2007 (2), Kew_2019_1 (17), Kew_2019_6 (16), Metcalfe_2009 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (20), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (26), Nano_2011 (2), Schmidt_2003 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21), Wright_2000 (6), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 85 traits from 224 records in 25 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
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2); resprouts (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Metcalfe_2009; Nano_2011; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • flower_diameter (numerical): 3 cm (2-4 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 34.38 mm (20-55 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.83 mm (2-8 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (2-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3600 mm2 (3600-3600 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 86.25 mm (10-165 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.33 mm (1-35 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.17 cm (0-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.17 g/g (0.17-0.17 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); ovate (2); strap-shaped (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Schmidt_2003; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7); shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Brock_1993; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (4); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: Brock_1993; Metcalfe_2009; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody (1); woody_base (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Brock_1993; Schmidt_2003]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Schmidt_2003; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1); non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Schmidt_2003]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1); insect (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); epizoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyynnnn (1); yyyyyyyynnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 15 mg/g (15-15 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.69 {delta}[ppth] (-29.69--29.69 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.1 mg (0.04-0.45 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.88 mm (0.6-1 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.6-0.9 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231826D. 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/.
White_20202121M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221821L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_20231420N. 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/.
Kew_2019_1117Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6116Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Metcalfe_20091414E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Schmidt_20031114S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
ABRS_20231113Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Brock_1993811J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
Wright_200066I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_202233D. 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_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_202222N. 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/.
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.
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.