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Cyathea cooperi

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Family Cyatheaceae

Taxonomy: Cyathea cooperi (Hook. ex F.Muell.) Domin

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Alsophila australis var. cervicalis F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alsophila australis var. excelsa (R.Br. ex Endl.) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alsophila australis var. pallida F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alsophila cooperi Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alsophila cooperi Hook. ex F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Alsophila excelsa var. cooperi (Hook. ex F.Muell.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alsophila hilleana Tindale (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alsophila hilliana F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyathea australis var. cervicalis (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyathea australis var. pallida (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cyathea brownii var. cooperi (Hook. ex F.Muell.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sphaeropteris cooperi (Hook. ex F.Muell.) R.M.Tryon (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Alsophila excelsa R.Br. ex Endl. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (9), Cooper_2013 (3), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (5), RBGV_2023 (6), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_1 (1), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 37 records in 12 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
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 3307.78 mm (120-5000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (25-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_oblong (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); triangular (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_crenate (2); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2); not_glaucous (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_1]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (4); herb (1); palmoid (4); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8.62 m (0.5-12 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_202379Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202366VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202355N. 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_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Cooper_201333W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
ABRS_202211Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202211N. 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/.
WAH_2023_111Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_202311S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.