Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi

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Family Pteridaceae

Taxonomy: Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze subsp. sieberi

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cheilanthes clelandi F.Muell. & Tate (orthographic variant)
Cheilanthes clelandii F.Muell. & Tate (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. sieberi (Kunze) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. sieberi (Kunze) Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, 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 (3), ABRS_2023 (4), Crowley_2007 (1), Curtis_2012 (14), Morgan_2011_2 (1), NHNSW_2023 (4), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Nano_2011 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (8), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (2), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Williams_2011 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 51 traits from 112 records in 18 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 (5) [sources: Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 273.45 mm2 (273.45-273.45 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 27.84 mm (27.84-27.84 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_width (numerical): 14.34 mm (3.69-30 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 20.96 mg (20.96-20.96 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 79.62 g/m2 (79.62-79.62 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.3 g/g (0.3-0.3 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed_deep (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1); crowded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (8); herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Curtis_2012; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Curtis_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
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 (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Morgan_2011_2; Williams_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.28 m (0.05-0.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
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.
Curtis_2012	14	14	E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
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.
NSWFRD_2014	8	8	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.
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/.
ABRS_2023	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	4	4	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/.
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/.
WAH_2023_2	3	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. 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.
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/.
SAH_2022	3	3	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/.
SAH_2023	2	2	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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Crowley_2007	1	1	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Morgan_2011_2	1	1	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait database, La Trobe University”. 2011.
Nano_2011	1	1	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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.