Cyathea cunninghamii

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Family Cyatheaceae

Taxonomy: Cyathea cunninghamii Hook.f.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Alsophila cunninghamii (Hook.f.) R.M.Tryon (nomenclatural synonym)
Cyathea boylei F.Muell. ex French (taxonomic synonym)
Cyathea cunninghami Hook.f. (orthographic variant)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (10), Cooper_2013 (3), McGlone_2015 (4), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (6), NSWFRD_2014 (4), RBGV_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 57 records in 11 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 (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 1812.5 mm (70-3000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (20-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_oblong (1); narrowly_ovate (1); triangular (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_deep (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (5); palmoid (5); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; McGlone_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; McGlone_2015]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	7	10	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	6	7	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	5	6	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/.
McGlone_2015	4	4	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	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.
Cooper_2013	3	3	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_2022	1	1	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	1	1	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.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.