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Cyathea howeana

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Family Cyatheaceae

Taxonomy: Cyathea howeana Domin

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cyathea moorei (Baker) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hemitelia moorei Baker (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): LHI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (11), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 9 traits from 27 records in 6 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): 31 mm (5-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.75 mm (2-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023511Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023511N. 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/.
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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.