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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Aponogeton euryspermus Hellq. & S.W.L.Jacobs

Reference
Telopea 8:16-17 (1998)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, aquatic perennial, herb, leaves submersed (broad) and/or floating (mostly obtuse); seeds broadly elliptic, nearly oval. Fl. yellow, Jan to Sep. Grows in freshwater ponds, streams, rivers and lagoons.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 June 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.