Gleichenia rupestris
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Family Gleicheniaceae
Taxonomy: Gleichenia rupestris R.Br.
Synonyms: 19 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Calymella rupestris (R.Br.) Ching (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gleichenia circinnata var. rupestris (R.Br.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gleichenia circinnata var. speluncae (R.Br.) Luerss. (taxonomic synonym)
- Gleichenia rupestris R.Br. var. rupestris (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gleichenia rupestris var. glaucescens T.Moore ex G.Schneid. (taxonomic synonym)
- Gleichenia speluncae R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Gleichenia speluncae R.Br. var. speluncae (taxonomic synonym)
- Gleichenia speluncae var. glandulosa T.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
- Gleicheniastrum circinnatum var. glandulosm (T.Moore) Nakai (taxonomic synonym)
- Gleicheniastrum rupestre (R.Br.) C.Presl (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gleicheniastrum rupestre (R.Br.) C.Presl var. rupestre (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gleicheniastrum rupestre var. glaucescens (T.Moore ex G.Schneid.) Nakai (taxonomic synonym)
- Gleicheniastrum speluncae (R.Br.) C.Presl (taxonomic synonym)
- Mertensia rupestris (R.Br.) Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Mertensia speluncae (R.Br.) Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
- Platyzoma rupestris (R.Br.) Desv. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Platyzoma speluncae (R.Br.) Desv. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pteris rupestris (R.Br.) Christenh. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Pteris speluncae (R.Br.) Christenh. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Gleichenia circinnata Sw. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (5), Kubiak_2009 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (5), NSWFRD_2014 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 56 records in 12 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): resprouts (4) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 688.83 mm (1-2000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); orbicular (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- 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 (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- 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. |
| 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/. |
| NSWFRD_2014 | 6 | 6 | B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014. |
| ABRS_2023 | 4 | 5 | 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 | 4 | 5 | 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. |
| 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/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Kubiak_2009 | 1 | 2 | P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |