Pyrrosia lanceolata

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Family Polypodiaceae

Taxonomy: Pyrrosia lanceolata (L.) Farw.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Acrostichum lanceolatum L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Niphobolus adnascens (Sw.) Kaulf. (taxonomic synonym)
Niphobolus varius Kaulf. (taxonomic synonym)
Polypodium adnascens Sw. (taxonomic synonym)
Pyrrosia adnascens (Sw.) Ching (taxonomic synonym)
Pyrrosia varia (Kaulf.) Farw. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): ChI, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 11 traits from 19 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): 95 mm (30-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 15.75 mm (5-28 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); obovate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (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]
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	8	14	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	2	2	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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.