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Drynaria rigidula

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Family Polypodiaceae

Taxonomy: Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd.

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Drynaria diversifolia (R.Br.) J.Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drynaria rigidula f. cristata (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drynaria rigidula var. vidgeni Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drynaria rigidula var. vidgenii (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drynaria rigidula var. vidgenii (F.M.Bailey) F.Ballard (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drynaria rigidula var. whitei (F.M.Bailey) F.Ballard (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polypodium diversifolium R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polypodium rigidulum Sw. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Polypodium rigidulum var. cristatum F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polypodium rigidulum var. diversipinnae F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polypodium rigidulum var. vidgeni F.M.Bailey (orthographic variant)
  • Polypodium rigidulum var. vidgenii F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polypodium rigidulum var. whitei F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (16), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 30 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): 331.25 mm (40-1200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 61.12 mm (4-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_ovate (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_deep (1); lobed_shallow (1) [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_2023816Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202368N. 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_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.