Cyathea exilis
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Family Cyatheaceae
Taxonomy: Cyathea exilis Holttum
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Alsophila exilis (Holttum) A.R.Field (nomenclatural synonym)
- Alsophila exilis (Holttum) Lehnert (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (10), Cooper_2013 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 17 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 383 mm (52-1000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (15-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_deep (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (3); palmoid (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |