Lindsaea media
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Family Lindsaeaceae
Taxonomy: Lindsaea media R.Br.
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lindsaea flabellulata var. multipinnulata F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
- Lindsaea subtripinnata Copel. (taxonomic synonym)
- Lindsaya flabellulata F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
- Schizoloma ensifolium var. medium (R.Br.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
- Schizoloma medium (R.Br.) Kuhn (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lindsaea cuneata (G.Forst.) C.Chr. (misapplied)
- Lindsaea flabellulata Dryand. (misapplied)
- Lindsaea orbiculata (Lam.) Mett. ex Kuhn (misapplied)
- Lindsaea tenera Dryand. (misapplied)
- Lindsaea trichomanoides Dryand. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (15), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (12), Nano_2011 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 40 records in 8 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 (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 262.92 mm (4-600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 30.94 mm (3-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); obtriangular (1); rhomboidal (2); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Nano_2011]
- serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Nano_2011]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 15 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NTH_2023 | 7 | 12 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| Nano_2011 | 4 | 4 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| 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. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| NTH_2022 | 2 | 2 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |