Blechnum patersonii

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Family Blechnaceae

Taxonomy: Blechnum patersonii (R.Br.) Mett.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Austroblechnum patersonii (R.Br.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich (nomenclatural synonym)
Blechnum patersoni Mett. (orthographic variant)
Lomaria patersoni F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Lomaria patersonii (R.Br.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
Spicanta patersonii (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Stegania patersonii R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (9), Fonseca_2000 (5), Mokany_2015 (1), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 44 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2447.15 mm2 (1178.1-3716.2 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 250 mm (250-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 9.7 mm (3-15.4 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 229 mg (229-229 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 61.73 g/m2 (61.73-61.73 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_deep (1); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_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 (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
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.
ABRS_2023	8	9	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Fonseca_2000	5	5	C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.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	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.
Mokany_2015	1	1	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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.