Adiantum atroviride

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Family Pteridaceae

Taxonomy: Adiantum atroviride Bostock

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Adiantum aethiopicum f. queenslandiae F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Adiantum aethiopicum f. variegatum F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Adiantum aethiopicum var. nodosa Bonap. (taxonomic synonym)
Adiantum aethiopicum var. nodosum Bonap. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Adiantum aethiopicum L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW, LHI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (10), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 62 records in 9 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 280.38 mm (5-750 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 99.25 mm (3-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_triangular (1); obovate (1); ovate (3); triangular (2); widely_obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3); lobed_shallow (2); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (2); crowded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
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): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	9	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	8	10	N. 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/.
NTH_2023	8	10	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/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
NTH_2022	3	3	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	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.