Asplenium decurrens
Explore the data for this taxon in the portal
Family Aspleniaceae
Taxonomy: Asplenium decurrens Willd.
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asplenium bulbiferum subsp. gracillimum (Colenso) Brownsey x Asplenium obtusatum subsp. northlandicum Brownsey (taxonomic synonym)
- Asplenium bulbiferum var. pinnatum Rodway (taxonomic synonym)
- Asplenium northlandicum (Brownsey) Ogle (taxonomic synonym)
- Asplenium obtusatum subsp. northlandicum Brownsey (taxonomic synonym)
- Asplenium sarmentosum Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Asplenium marinum L. (misapplied)
- Asplenium marinum var. obtusata (G.Forst.) F.Muell. (misapplied)
- Asplenium obliquum G.Forst. (misapplied)
- Asplenium obtusatum G.Forst. (misapplied)
- Asplenium obtusatum var. lucidum (G.Forst.) Hook. & Baker (misapplied)
- Asplenium obtusatum var. obliquum (G.Forst.) Hook.f. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, NSW, Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (8), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (13), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 72 records in 11 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_length (numerical): 161.42 mm (12-600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 43.25 mm (8-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); narrowly_elliptical (3); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); obtriangular (1); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); oblique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (6); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- 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 (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.22 m (0.03-0.4 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
- 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 | 8 | 15 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| RBGV_2023 | 10 | 13 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 5 | 8 | 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/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 2 | 2 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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. |