Cheilanthes contigua
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Family Pteridaceae
Taxonomy: Cheilanthes contigua Baker
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cheilanthes rotunda Bonap. (taxonomic synonym)
- Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. contigua (Baker) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hemionitis contigua (Baker) Christenh. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pellaea contigua A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (10), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (10), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 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.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 290.64 mm (0.5-650 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 122.5 mm (50-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); narrowly_triangular (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); ovate (3); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (4); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.05-0.55 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 7 | 10 | 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 | 6 | 10 | 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/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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. |