Myriophyllum filiforme
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Family Haloragaceae
Taxonomy: Myriophyllum filiforme Benth.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (12), NTH_2022 (5), 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 49 records in 10 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): dioecious (1); monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 0.72 mm (0.5-0.9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1); red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.4-1 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (1) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1); terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): mat-forming (3); prostrate (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyynnnn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.15 m (0.15-0.15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; 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/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 10 | 12 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 5 | 5 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NTH_2022 | 5 | 5 | 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/. |
| 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. |