Cheilanthes nitida
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Family Pteridaceae
Taxonomy: Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green
Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Acrostichum pteroides R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Allosorus nitidus (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Cheilanthes caudata var. tenuissima (F.M.Bailey) S.B.Andrews (taxonomic synonym)
- Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. tenuissima (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Cheilanthes tenuissima F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
- Hemionitis nitida (R.Br.) Christenh. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Neurosoria pteroides (R.Br.) Mett. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pellaea nitida (R.Br.) Baker (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pteris nitida R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (13), Nano_2011 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 35 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 (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 236.67 mm (40-400 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 90 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); oblong (2); ovate (2); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_shallow (1); unlobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_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 (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 8 | 13 | 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/. |
| 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. |
| 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/. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| 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. |