Blechnum ambiguum

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Family Blechnaceae

Taxonomy: Blechnum ambiguum (C.Presl) Kaulf. ex C.Chr.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Blechnopteris ambigua Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Blechnopteris ambiguum T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant (taxonomic synonym)
Blechnum capense var. acuminatum (C.Presl) Domin (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Blechnum procerum var. blechnoides Luerss. (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia caudata var. lomarina F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Lomaria ambigua (C.Presl) Fée (nomenclatural synonym)
Lomaria procera var. blechnoides (Luerss.) Wawra (taxonomic synonym)
Parablechnum ambiguum C.Presl (nomenclatural synonym)
Parablechnum procerum var. acuminatum C.Presl (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Blechnum capense subsp. laevigatum (Cav.) Domin (misapplied)
Blechnum capense var. laevigatum (Cav.) Melvaine (misapplied)
Blechnum laevigatum Cav. (misapplied)
Orthogramma laevigata (Cav.) C.Presl (misapplied)
Spicanta laevigata (Cav.) Kuntze (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (14), Kubiak_2009 (4), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (7), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 36 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): resprouts (3) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 15 mo (15-15 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 290.62 mm (15-500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 54.25 mm (8-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [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

plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (3); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	8	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.
NHNSW_2023	6	7	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/.
Kubiak_2009	3	4	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	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.
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.
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/.
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.