Nymphoides exiliflora
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Family Menyanthaceae
Taxonomy: Nymphoides exiliflora (F.Muell.) Kuntze
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Limnanthemum exiliflorum (F.Muell.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Limnanthemum geminatum var. parvifolia Griseb. (taxonomic synonym)
- Limnanthemum geminatum var. parvifolium Griseb. (taxonomic synonym)
- Nymphodes exiliflorum Kuntze (orthographic variant)
- Nymphoides exiliflorum H.Eichler (orthographic variant)
- Villarsia exiliflora F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Villarsia geminata var. β R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 28 records in 5 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_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 14 mm (8-20 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 3.5 cm (1-6 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); truncate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (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]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 14 | 17 | 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_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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |