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Wolffia australiana

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Family Araceae

Taxonomy: Wolffia australiana (Benth.) Hartog & Plas

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Wolffia arrhiza var. australiana Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. (misapplied)
  • Wolffia michelii Schleid. (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (7), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (1), SAH_2022 (5), SAH_2023 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (12). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 71 records in 13 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2); utricle (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 0.82 mm (0.5-1.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.3-0.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hydrophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Williams_2011]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): floating (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Williams_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); insect (1); pollination_rare (1); water (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); epizoochory (1); hydrochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnynnnnnnnn (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): aboveground_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.4-0.4 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Williams_20111212R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
ABRS_202357Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
NHNSW_2014_235Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202255S. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Draper_202333J. 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.
SAH_202322S. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
RBGV_202311VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.