Hymenophyllum peltatum

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Family Hymenophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Hymenophyllum peltatum (Poir.) Desv.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hymenophyllum meyeri C.Presl (taxonomic synonym)
Hymenophyllum unilaterale Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
Trichomanes peltatum Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook. (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 (12), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2023 (9), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (8), Smith_1996 (231), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 288 records in 11 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 (1) [sources: White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 93.25 mm2 (26-152.2 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Smith_1996]
leaf_length (numerical): 55.34 mm (15-170 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 11.81 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 6.02 mg (3.1-14 mg) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 77.9 g/m2 (76.92-79.86 g/m2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.61 g/g (0.52-0.89 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.7 g/g (0.13-0.93 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2); narrowly_oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 25.33 deg (0-75 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 (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; 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 (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: 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): 11 mg/g (9.24-13.31 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.92 mg/g (0.73-1.16 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.1 m (0.1-0.1 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	231	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	8	12	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	7	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	7	8	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
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.