AusTraits

Pellaea reynoldsii

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Family Pteridaceae

Taxonomy: Pellaea reynoldsii (F.Muell.) A.R.Field

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Grammitis reynoldsii (F.Muell.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Gymnogramma reynoldsii (F.Muell.) J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Gymnogramme reynoldsii J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hemionitis reynoldsii (F.Muell.) Christenh. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Neurogramma reynoldsii (F.Muell.) Diels (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Neurogramme reynoldsii Diels (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Nothochlaena reynoldsii F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Notholaena reynoldsii F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Paraceterach reynoldsii (F.Muell.) Tindale (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (10), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (15), Nano_2011 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (7), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 56 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): 119.25 mm (0.8-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.53 mm (0.2-13 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (2); narrowly_ovate (1); narrowly_triangular (2); oblong (1); orbicular (1); ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (5); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Nano_2011]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Nano_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_2023715D. 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/.
ABRS_2023710Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_202367S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Nano_201144C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
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.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NTH_202222D. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.