Lygodium japonicum
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Family Lygodiaceae
Taxonomy: Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ophioglossum japonicum Thunb. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (15), NHNSW_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 34 records in 4 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_length (numerical): 95 mm (30-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 86.25 mm (25-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); narrowly_ovate (2); ovate (2); triangular (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): hastate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); fern (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 16 | 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_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. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |