Parapolystichum rufescens
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Family Dryopteridaceae
Taxonomy: Parapolystichum rufescens (Blume) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Aspidium rufescens Blume (nomenclatural synonym)
- Dryopteris rufescens (Blume) C.Chr. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Dryopteris tropica (F.M.Bailey) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Lastreopsis rufescens (Blume) Ching (nomenclatural synonym)
- Nephrodium rufescens (Blume) Diels (nomenclatural synonym)
- Phegopteris rufescens (Blume) Mett. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Polypodium aspidioides var. tropica F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
- Polypodium rufescens (Blume) Blume (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 10 traits from 14 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): 200 mm (100-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 175 mm (100-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1); scattered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 8 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |