Polystichum moorei
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Family Dryopteridaceae
Taxonomy: Polystichum moorei Christ
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Aspidium aculeatum var. moorei Christ ex Maiden (nomenclatural synonym)
- Polystichum kingii Watts (taxonomic synonym)
- Polystichum kingii Watts f. kingii (nomenclatural synonym)
- Polystichum kingii f. umbrosa Watts (taxonomic synonym)
- Polystichum moorei var. tenerum Watts (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): LHI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), SPRAT_2025_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 21 records in 5 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): 93.75 mm (5-250 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 105 mm (70-140 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): lithophyte (2); terrestrial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SPRAT_2025_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 14 | 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/. |
| 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 1 | 1 | F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |