Asplenium polyodon

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Family Aspleniaceae

Taxonomy: Asplenium polyodon G.Forst.

Synonyms: 15 (APC 2026-07-30)

Asplenium Nabarlek entity (taxonomic synonym)
Asplenium adiantoides (L.) C.Chr. (taxonomic synonym)
Asplenium adiantoides var. fibrillosum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Asplenium adiantoides var. macrurum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Asplenium adiantoides var. normale Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Asplenium adiantoides var. polyodon (G.Forst.) C.Chr. (nomenclatural synonym)
Asplenium adiantoides var. whittlei (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Asplenium cultratum Gaudich. (taxonomic synonym)
Asplenium falcatum Lam. (taxonomic synonym)
Asplenium falcatum var. whittlei F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Asplenium sp. Nabarlek (J.Russell-Smith 3875) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Tarachia adiantoides (L.) Nakai ex Tuyama (taxonomic synonym)
Tarachia falcata (Lam.) C.Presl (taxonomic synonym)
Tarachia polyodon (G.Forst.) C.Presl (nomenclatural synonym)
Trichomanes adiantoides L. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Asplenium adiantoides var. caudatum (G.Forst.) Domin (pro parte misapplied)
Asplenium caudatum G.Forst. (pro parte misapplied)
Asplenium contiguum Kaulf. (misapplied)
Asplenium falcatum var. caudatum (G.Forst.) Maiden (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): ChI, NT, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, Vic (presumed extinct)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (7), ABRS_2023 (30), Crowley_2007 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (5), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (13), Nano_2011 (2), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 127 records in 15 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 (5) [sources: Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 331 mm (30-1200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 78.47 mm (5-260 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (3); linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (2); narrowly_ovate (1); narrowly_triangular (1); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (1); lithophyte (2) [sources: ABRS_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	36	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	9	30	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	8	13	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/.
RBGV_2023	9	12	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	6	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	4	7	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_2014	5	5	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.
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/.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_2022	2	2	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/.
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.
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.