Species profile—Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Aponogetonaceae → Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Aponogetonaceae
- Scientific name
- Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus F.Muell. ex Benth.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 21902
- Alternate name(s)
- Queenland Lace
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Near threatened
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Description
- Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus is a tuberous, aquatic perennial plant with mainly submerged leaves and a few floating leaves. The submerged leaves are narrow to broadly elliptic in shape, green or dark green to maroon-green, up to 34cm long and 0.8-3.7cm wide. The floating leaves are narrowly elliptic to slightly inverse-egg-shaped and 9-19cm long by 2.2-3.5cm wide. The leaf stalks are up to 1m long, depending on the water depth. The floating leaves are not commonly formed in the subspecies.¬
The spike-like clusters of yellow flowers are well-spaced, inserted evenly around the spike which is a stalk reaching 90cm long. The fruits are rounded, thick-coated, 2.5-5.8mm long by 1.8-5.0mm wide with a lateral beak to 1.5mm long. There are 2-5 seeds per fruit, elliptic in shape with a single, thin seed coat. (Hellquist 1998; DEWHA 2008; National Herbarium of NSW 2008) - Habitat
- Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus grows in rivers and streams with thick sediments or in floodplain billabongs. (Hellquist 1998; National Herbarium of NSW 2008)
- Reproduction
- Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus flowers and fruits from October to March. (Hellquist 1998)
- Notes
- Contributors: Kathy Stephens, Mellisa Mayhew 27/01/2009
- References
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (2008). Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat
Hellquist, C.B. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (1998) Aponogetonaceae of Australia, with descriptions of six new taxa. Telopea 8(1): 18.
Herbrecs (2008) Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 23/09/2008.
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2008). Aponogeton elongatus subsp. elongatus, in PlantNet: New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Accessed 23/09/2008. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/ - Profile author
- Kathy Stephens (27/01/2009)
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=21902.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
