Blechnum parrisiae

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Family Blechnaceae

Taxonomy: Blechnum parrisiae Christenh.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Blechnum parrisii Christenh. (orthographic variant)
Doodia australis (Parris) Parris (nomenclatural synonym)
Doodia media subsp. australis Parris (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Doodia media R.Br. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (28), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (5), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (57), Williams_2011 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 118 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): resprouts (3) [sources: White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 179.07 mm2 (179.07-179.07 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 156 mm (7-500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 31.88 mm (3-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (4) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (7); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Williams_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: Mokany_2015]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	57	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	7	28	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Williams_2011	11	11	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
NHNSW_2023	5	5	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	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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_2022	1	1	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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.