AusTraits

Zostera muelleri

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Zosteraceae

Taxonomy: Zostera muelleri Irmisch ex Asch.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Nanozostera muelleri (Irmisch ex Asch.) Toml. & Posl. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Zostera nana Mert. ex Roth (misapplied)
  • Zostera uninervis Forssk. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (15), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_3 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (6), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (10), SAH_2014 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 109 records in 17 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 (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.12 mm (1-1.25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 256.25 mm (50-600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (2); submerged (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): water (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (1); yyynnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.7-0.7 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202121M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231112N. 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/.
RBGV_2023810VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_202277L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_202266Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. 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_202266N. 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/.
RBGV_202255VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_255Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
SAH_201424J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
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.
Kew_2019_333Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.