Diplazium australe
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Family Woodsiaceae
Taxonomy: Diplazium australe (R.Br.) N.A.Wakef.
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Allantodea australis F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Allantodia australis R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Asplenium australe (R.Br.) Brack. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Asplenium brownii J.Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Athyrium australe (R.Br.) C.Presl (nomenclatural synonym)
- Athyrium australis C.Presl (orthographic variant)
- Athyrium umbrosum var. australe (R.Br.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
- Diplazium umbrosum var. australe (R.Br.) Bedd. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Athyrium brevisorum (Wall.) T.Moore (doubtful misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, NI, Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), NHNSW_2023 (6), RBGV_2023 (12), Smith_1996 (170), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (54). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 262 records in 8 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 (3) [sources: White_2020]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 336.12 mm2 (107-578.5 mm2) [sources: Smith_1996]
- leaf_length (numerical): 378.11 mm (5-1500 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 101.78 mm (2-900 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; ABRS_2023]
- leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 7.39 mg (2.39-11.68 mg) [sources: Smith_1996]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 21.98 g/m2 (21.9-22.06 g/m2) [sources: Smith_1996]
- leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.19 g/g (0.17-0.22 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
- leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 4.19 g/g (3.57-4.88 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (3); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); lobed_shallow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 21.75 deg (0-50 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (3) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
nutrient and stable isotope
- leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 28.46 mg/g (21.95-34.96 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
- leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.46 mg/g (2.33-2.59 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith_1996 | 17 | 170 | B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html. |
| White_2020 | 18 | 54 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 14 | 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 | 8 | 12 | 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/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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. |