Nymphoides geminata

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Family Menyanthaceae

Taxonomy: Nymphoides geminata (R.Br.) Kuntze

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)

Limnanthemum geminatum (R.Br.) Griseb. (pro parte nomenclatural synonym)
Limnanthemum geminatum (R.Br.) Griseb. var. geminatum (nomenclatural synonym)
Limnanthemum geminatum var. α (taxonomic synonym)
Nymphodes geminatum Kuntze (orthographic variant)
Nymphoides geminatum H.Eichler (orthographic variant)
Nymphoides sp. aff. exiliflora (taxonomic synonym)
Villarsia geminata R.Br. (pro parte nomenclatural synonym)
Villarsia geminata var. α R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Britton_1994 (2), Carey_2003 (3), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (19), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 99 records in 14 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (2) [sources: Carey_2003; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Carey_2003]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (3-6.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 133.33 mm (10-600 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 25.25 cm (1-60 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); orbicular (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (4); perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1); hydrochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: Carey_2003]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 0.86 mm (0.6-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 0.86 mm (0.6-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); ellipsoid (2); globoid (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	14	20	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	13	19	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	11	11	N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
Carey_2003	3	3	A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Britton_1994	1	2	D. L. Britton and M. A. Brock. “Seasonal germination from wetland seed banks”. Marine and Freshwater Research 45.8 (1994), pp. 1445-1457. doi: 10.1071/mf9941445.
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.