Ludwigia repens
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Family Onagraceae
Taxonomy: Ludwigia repens J.R.Forst.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 31 records in 6 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): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (10-45 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 15.5 mm (4-27 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (0.5-2.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_ovate (1); orbicular (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); floating (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 12 | 16 | N. 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/. |
| Wright_2000 | 5 | 5 | I. 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. |
| 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. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. 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_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |