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Nephrolepis cordifolia

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Family Lomariopsidaceae

Taxonomy: Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aspidium cordifolium (L.) Sw. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Aspidium cordifolium var. tambourinense (Domin) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Aspidium tuberosum Bory ex Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Aspidium volubile var. cavernicola F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Aspidium volubile var. cavernicolum F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nephrodium cordifolia Baker (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nephrodium cordifolium (L.) Baker (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nephrolepis cordifolia var. tambourinensis Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nephrolepis radicans var. cavernicola Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Nephrolepis tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) C.Presl (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polypodium auriculatum L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polypodium cordifolium L. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI, NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (11), Kubiak_2009 (2), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (7), NSWFRD_2014 (6), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (7), WAH_2022_2 (2), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 45 records in 12 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
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 377 mm (12-1000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.5 mm (6-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblong (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (2); cordate (1); hastate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (6); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023711Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202367N. 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_202377VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201466B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kubiak_200912P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_202222N. 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/.
RBGV_202222VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.