Asplenium bulbiferum

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Family Aspleniaceae

Taxonomy: Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst. var. bulbiferum (nomenclatural synonym)
Asplenium bulbiferum var. normale Domin (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (6), Smith_1996 (70), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 102 records in 8 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) [sources: White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 246.77 mm2 (45.6-2043 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Smith_1996]
leaf_length (numerical): 48.3 mm (14-130 mm) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_width (numerical): 16.05 mm (4.5-64 mm) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 34.55 mg (34.55-34.55 mg) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 83.26 g/m2 (83.26-83.26 g/m2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.27 g/g (0.27-0.27 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.74 g/g (2.74-2.74 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 46 deg (25-70 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (3) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: SAH_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): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9.23 mg/g (9.23-9.23 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.13 mg/g (1.13-1.13 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: Mokany_2015]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Smith_1996	17	70	B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html.
White_2020	17	17	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	6	6	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.