Ottelia alismoides
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Family Hydrocharitaceae
Taxonomy: Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Damasonium alismoides (L.) R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Damasonium indicum Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ottelia indica (Willd.) Planch. ex Dalzell & Gibson (taxonomic synonym)
- Stratiotes alismoides L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (12), NTH_2022 (5), 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 45 records in 7 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_length (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): utricle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 205 mm (70-400 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 147.5 mm (50-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 34.5 cm (8-50 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (1); reniform (1); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: 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): annual (2); 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]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): submerged (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1.12 mm (0.9-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.7-0.7 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 12 | 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/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 9 | 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. |
| 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/. |
| 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. |
| 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. |