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Cheilanthes nudiuscula

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Family Pteridaceae

Taxonomy: Cheilanthes nudiuscula (R.Br.) T.Moore

Synonyms: 19 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cheilanthes hirsuta (Poir.) Mett. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cheilanthes nudiscula Wheeler (orthographic variant)
  • Cheilanthes tenuifolia f. glabrata Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cheilanthes tenuifolia f. pubescens Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cheilanthes tenuifolia f. transiens Domin (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. nudiuscula (R.Br.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. nudiuscula (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. nudiuscula F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hemionitis nudiuscula (R.Br.) Christenh. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nothochlaena glabra Brack. (orthographic variant)
  • Notholaena glabra Brack. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Notholaena hirsuta (Poir.) Desv. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Notholaena hirsuta (Poir.) Desv. var. hirsuta (taxonomic synonym)
  • Notholaena hirsuta var. glabra (Brack.) Bonap. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Notholaena hirsuta var. nudiuscula (R.Br.) Bonap. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Notholaena nudiuscula (R.Br.) Desv. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pellaea nudiuscula (R.Br.) Hook. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pteris hirsuta Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pteris nudiuscula R.Br. (nomenclatural 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 (9), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (13), 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 14 traits from 38 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): 226.67 mm (30-360 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 42.5 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2); linear (1); oblong (2); ovate (1); triangular (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); 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 (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): 0.26 m (0.15-0.36 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_2023813D. 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_202389Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_202233D. 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_223Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.