Myriophyllum muricatum
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Family Haloragaceae
Taxonomy: Myriophyllum muricatum Orchard
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Myriophyllum tuberculatum Roxb. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), NTH_2014 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 46 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.6 mm (2.4-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 2.28 mm (1.7-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: 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]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 30.38 mm (6-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); linear (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 9 | 14 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NTH_2023 | 10 | 14 | 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_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| 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. |
| NTH_2014 | 3 | 3 | Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online. |
| 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. |