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Marsilea costulifera

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Family Marsileaceae

Taxonomy: Marsilea costulifera D.L.Jones

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Marsilea sp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Marsilea sp. A (taxonomic synonym)
  • Marsilea sp. A Perth Flora (G.N.Lowe s.n. 16 Jan 1948) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Marsilea angustifolia R.Br. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2023 (8), NTH_2023 (9), RBGV_2022 (1), RBGV_2023 (11), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (13). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 92 records in 13 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
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 12.2 mm (1-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.31 mm (1-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblanceolate (3); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); obtriangular (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); c4 (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (3); herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hydrophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (5); terrestrial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Williams_2011]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): floating (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Williams_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); hydrochory (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): water (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4); rhizome_woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Williams_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023913Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Williams_20111313R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
RBGV_2023911VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NTH_202379D. 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/.
NHNSW_202368N. 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/.
WAH_2023_256Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_255Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202211VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.