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Christella dentata

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Family Thelypteridaceae

Taxonomy: Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aspidium molle Sw. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Aspidium molle var. decurtatum F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Aspidium nymphale (G.Forst.) Schkuhr (taxonomic synonym)
  • Christella dentata var. caespitosa Holttum (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyclosorus dentatus (Forssk.) Ching (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cyclosorus nymphalis (G.Forst.) Ching (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dryopteris parasitica var. decurtata (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nephrodium molle (Sw.) R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nephrodium remotum Heward (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polypodium dentatum Forssk. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Polypodium molle Jacq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polypodium nymphale G.Forst. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Thelypteris dentata (Forssk.) H.St.John (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aspidium parasiticum (L.) Sw. (misapplied)
  • Aspidium unitum var. propinquum F.M.Bailey (misapplied)
  • Christella hispidula (Decne.) Holttum (pro parte misapplied)
  • Cyclosorus parasiticus (L.) Farw. (misapplied)
  • Dryopteris parasitica (L.) Kuntze (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, Vic

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 (14), Crowley_2007 (2), Kubiak_2009 (3), Leishman_2007 (3), Metcalfe_2009 (17), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (8), NTH_2023 (11), Nano_2011 (2), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (8), SAH_2023 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 119 records in 19 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 (5) [sources: Crowley_2007; Kubiak_2009; Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; White_2020]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2250 mm2 (2250-2250 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 306.67 mm (20-900 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 16.25 mm (7-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 98.66 g/m2 (98.66-98.66 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_2007]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (2); narrowly_triangular (1); oblong (2); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); auriculate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (7); herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2); rhizome (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Metcalfe_20091717E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
ABRS_2023814Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023711D. 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/.
NHNSW_202358N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201488B. 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_202378VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202344S. 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/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_234Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. 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.
Kubiak_200933P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Leishman_200733M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
NHNSW_202233N. 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.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201122C. 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_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.