Cheilanthes

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Family Pteridaceae

Taxonomy:

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cheilanthes sect. Eucheilanthes Baker (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes subg. Eucheilanthes Baker (taxonomic synonym)
Cheilanthes subg. Notholaena (R.Br.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Eriochasma Hereman (taxonomic synonym)
Eriochosma (J.Sm.) Hereman (taxonomic synonym)
Neurosoria Mett. ex Kuhn (taxonomic synonym)
Nothochlaena Kaulf. (taxonomic synonym)
Nothoclaena Hereman (taxonomic synonym)
Notholaena R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Notholaena [infragenus] Eriochosma J.Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
Notochlaena Link (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC):

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Schmidt_2003 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 4 traits from 4 records in 1 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 (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Schmidt_2003	4	4	S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.