Blechnum rupestre

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Family Blechnaceae

Taxonomy: Blechnum rupestre (Kaulf. ex Link) Christenh.

Synonyms: 16 (APC 2026-07-30)

Blechnum doodia A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Blechnum doodia var. caudata A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Blechnum spinulosum Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia aspera var. caudata F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia candata F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia caudata (Cav.) R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia caudata (Cav.) R.Br. f. caudata (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia caudata (Cav.) R.Br. var. caudata (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia caudata var. dimorpha Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia caudata var. moorei (Baker) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia caudata var. normalis Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia caudata var. typica Regel (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia media var. caudata (Cav.) G.M.Thomson (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia media var. moorei Baker (taxonomic synonym)
Doodia rupestris Kaulf. ex Link (nomenclatural synonym)
Woodwardia caudata Cav. (taxonomic synonym)

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

Doodia squarrosa Colenso (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (14), Kubiak_2009 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (5), NSWFRD_2014 (4), NTH_2023 (5), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (8), SAH_2023 (6), WAH_2022_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Williams_2011 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 107 records in 16 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 (4) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 216.12 mm (2-460 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (1-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblong (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1); crowded (1) [sources: NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (6); herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (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; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

seed morphology

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

whole plant morphology

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

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	38	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	7	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.
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.
RBGV_2023	7	8	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	6	6	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
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/.
NTH_2023	5	5	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/.
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.
Kubiak_2009	3	3	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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/.
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_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	2	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.