Nephrolepis biserrata
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Family Lomariopsidaceae
Taxonomy: Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott
Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Aspidium acuminatum Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
- Aspidium acutum Schkuhr (taxonomic synonym)
- Aspidium biserrata Du Puy (orthographic variant)
- Aspidium biserratum Sw. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Aspidium exaltatum var. longipinna Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Nephrodium rufescens Schrad. (taxonomic synonym)
- Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C.Presl (taxonomic synonym)
- Nephrolepis hirsutula var. rufescens (Schrad.) Bonap. (taxonomic synonym)
- Nephrolepis rufescens (Schrad.) Wawra (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen (misapplied)
- Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, ChI, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (2), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 31 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.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 597 mm (25-2500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (8-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (4); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.8-1 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 13 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 4 | 5 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 2 | 2 | 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.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 2 | 2 | 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/. |
| 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. |