Arthropteris palisotii

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Family Tectariaceae

Taxonomy: Arthropteris palisotii (Desv.) Alston

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)

Arthopteris palisotii Tindale (orthographic variant)
Arthropteris obliterata var. linearis (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Arthropteris palisoti Alston (orthographic variant)
Aspidium palisotii Desv. (nomenclatural synonym)
Aspidium ramosum P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
Aspidium ramosum var. lineare F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Nephrodium ramosa Baker (taxonomic synonym)
Nephrodium ramosum (P.Beauv.) Baker (taxonomic synonym)
Nephrolepis ramosa (P.Beauv.) T.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
Nephrolepis repens Brack. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Arthropteris obliterata (R.Br.) J.Sm. (misapplied)
Aspidium obliteratum (R.Br.) Spreng. (misapplied)
Nephrolepis altescandens (Colla) Baker (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): ChI, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (11), Metcalfe_2009 (17), NHNSW_2023 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 42 records in 6 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: Metcalfe_2009]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 180 mm2 (180-180 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 132.88 mm (8-310 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 8 mm (4-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (2); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_unit (categorical): spore (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Metcalfe_2009	17	17	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
ABRS_2023	7	11	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	7	9	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/.
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.