Cheilanthes tenuifolia

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Family Pteridaceae

Taxonomy: Cheilanthes tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Sw.

Synonyms: 18 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cheilanthes humilis (G.Forst.) P.S.Green (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes queenslandica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes queenslandica F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes sciadioides (Domin ex F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes sciadioides F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes shirleyana (Domin) H.M.Quirk & T.C.Chambers (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes shirleyana Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes shirleyana F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Sw. f. tenuifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
Cheilanthes tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Sw. subsp. tenuifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
Cheilanthes tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Sw. var. tenuifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. queenslandica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. shirleyana Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Hemionitis tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Christenh. (nomenclatural synonym)
Notholaena sciadioides Domin ex F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Pteris humilis G.Forst. (taxonomic synonym)
Trichomanes tenuifolia Burm.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
Trichomanes tenuifolium Tindale (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), Crowley_2007 (2), Fonseca_2000 (13), Leishman_1992 (4), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (10), Nano_2011 (2), Vesk_2004 (13), Vesk_2019 (33), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 37 traits from 133 records in 13 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (4) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Vesk_2004; White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 231.1 mm2 (231.1-231.1 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_length (numerical): 431.11 mm (90-700 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 68 mm (10-200 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 29 mg (29-29 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 124.55 g/m2 (101.52-153.37 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Vesk_2004]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.25 g/g (0.23-0.26 g/g) [sources: Vesk_2004]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (3); triangular (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (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

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (8); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; NTH_2022; Vesk_2004; Vesk_2019; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Leishman_1992; 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]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2); storage_organ (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Leishman_1992; NTH_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.45 m (0.45-0.45 m) [sources: Leishman_1992]
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.
Vesk_2019	2	33	P. A. Vesk and J. D. L. Yen. “Plant resprouting: How many sprouts and how deep? Flexible modelling of multispecies experimental disturbances.”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 41 (2019), p. 125497. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2019.125497.
Fonseca_2000	5	13	C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Vesk_2004	5	13	P. A. Vesk, M. R. Leishman, and M. Westoby. “Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands”. Journal of Applied Ecology 41.1 (2004), pp. 22-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00857.x.
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/.
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.
Leishman_1992	4	4	M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
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.