Palhinhaea cernua

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Family Lycopodiaceae

Taxonomy: Palhinhaea cernua (L.) Franco & Vasc.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm. (nomenclatural synonym)
Lycopodium cernuum L. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW, NI

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (9), Crowley_2007 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), NTH_2022 (1), NTH_2023 (8), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 44 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 3.33 mm (1.5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 0.65 mm (0.2-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); narrowly_triangular (2); ovate (1); subulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1); crowded (1); imbricate (1); spiral (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (1); herb (2); lycophyte (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_2022_2]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1); rhizome (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.1-0.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	7	9	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	8	9	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/.
NTH_2023	6	8	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/.
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/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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).
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_2022	1	1	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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.