Adiantum diaphanum

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Family Pteridaceae

Taxonomy: Adiantum diaphanum Blume

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Adiantum diaphanum var. polymorphum (Colenso) Cheeseman (taxonomic synonym)
Adiantum hispidulum var. fitzalanii F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Adiantum polymorphum Colenso (taxonomic synonym)
Adiantum setulosum J.Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
Adiantum tenue var. commutatum Domin (taxonomic synonym)

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

Adiantum affine Willd. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld, NSW, NI, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (14), ANBG_2019 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (3), NSWFRD_2014 (6), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (9), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 82 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 115.56 mm (3-360 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 27.67 mm (2-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_triangular (2); oblong (1); obtriangular (1); rhomboidal (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): hastate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); involute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_shallow (2); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_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 (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4); stem_tuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 9.7 mg (9.7-9.7 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]

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.
RBGV_2023	11	16	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	10	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023	7	9	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/.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
NHNSW_2023	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.. 2023. 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.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.