Lateristachys diffusa
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Family Lycopodiaceae
Taxonomy: Lateristachys diffusa (R.Br.) Holub
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lepidotis diffusa (R.Br.) Rothm. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lycopodiella diffusa (R.Br.) B.Øllg. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lycopodium diffusum R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (10), Mokany_2015 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 15 records in 5 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_area (numerical): 1.96 mm2 (1.96-1.96 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
- leaf_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (3-5.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 0.65 mm (0.5-0.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); ovate (1); subulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): imbricate (1); spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): lycophyte (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 10 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ABRS_2022 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |