Nelumbo nucifera
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Family Nelumbonaceae
Taxonomy: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Nelumbium speciosum Willd. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Nelumbium speciosum var. alba F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
- Nelumbo speciosa Willd. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Nymphaea nelumbo L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (4), NTH_2014 (8), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (45). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 51 traits from 85 records in 9 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
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
- flower_diameter (numerical): 18.25 cm (10-25 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 15 mm (14-16 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (9-10 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 9.5 mm (9-10 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 44 mm (18-70 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 311.33 mm (18-700 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014; NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 175 cm (50-350 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); reniform (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- pollination_system (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 26 | 45 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| NTH_2023 | 11 | 16 | 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/. |
| NTH_2014 | 6 | 8 | Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online. |
| ABRS_2023 | 3 | 4 | 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_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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Stephens_2023 | 1 | 1 | R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |