Hymenophyllum australe

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Family Hymenophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Hymenophyllum australe Willd.

Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hymenophyllum atrovirens Colenso (taxonomic synonym)
Hymenophyllum australe Willd. var. australe (nomenclatural synonym)
Hymenophyllum australe var. atrovirens Alderw. (taxonomic synonym)
Hymenophyllum intricatum Bosch (taxonomic synonym)
Hymenophyllum javanicum var. atrovirens (Colenso) Hook. & Baker (taxonomic synonym)
Hymenophyllum montanum Kirk (taxonomic synonym)
Hymenophyllum neozelandicum Gand. (taxonomic synonym)
Hymenophyllum tasmanicum A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Hymenophyllum tasmannicum Bosch (taxonomic synonym)
Mecodium atrovirens (Colenso) Copel. (taxonomic synonym)
Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. (nomenclatural synonym)
Mecodium intricatum (Bosch) Copel. (taxonomic synonym)
Mecodium montanum (Kirk) Copel. (taxonomic synonym)
Sphaerocionium australe (Willd.) C.Presl (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw. (misapplied)
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw. (pro parte misapplied)
Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (11), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (5), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (7), Smith_1996 (70), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 131 records in 13 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: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Yang_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 369.52 mm2 (57.6-628.32 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Smith_1996]
leaf_length (numerical): 87.54 mm (10-250 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 25.52 mm (6-60 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 3.3 mg (3.3-3.3 mg) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 29.82 g/m2 (29.82-29.82 g/m2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.36 g/g (0.36-0.36 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.8 g/g (1.8-1.8 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); ovate (1); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 31.5 deg (5-50 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
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 (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (1) [sources: White_2020]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (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): not_vegetative (1) [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): 18.26 mg/g (18.26-18.26 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.1 mg/g (1.1-1.1 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.2-0.2 m) [sources: Mokany_2015]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Smith_1996	17	70	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	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	7	11	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	6	9	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/.
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	5	5	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_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.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
RBGV_2022	2	2	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.