Cyrtomium falcatum
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Family Dryopteridaceae
Taxonomy: Cyrtomium falcatum (L.f.) C.Presl
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Phanerophlebia falcata (L.f.) Copel. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Polypodium falcatum L.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), ACT (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (16), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (6), SAH_2023 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 40 records in 9 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): 468.75 mm (40-1000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 81.25 mm (15-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (4); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 16 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/. |
| SAH_2023 | 4 | 4 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 2 | 2 | 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_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |