Cyathea x marcescens
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Family Cyatheaceae
Taxonomy: Cyathea x marcescens N.A.Wakef.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Alsophila x marcescens (N.A.Wakef.) R.M.Tryon (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cyathea affinis (G.Forst.) Sw. (misapplied)
- Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (7), Cooper_2013 (3), RBGV_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 39 records in 7 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) [sources: White_2020]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 2396.67 mm (130-4500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (30-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblong (1); triangular (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (4); palmoid (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- 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 (1) [sources: 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): 9 m (9-9 m) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- 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 | 5 | 7 | 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/. |
| 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. |