Sceptridium australe

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Family Ophioglossaceae

Taxonomy: Sceptridium australe (R.Br.) Lyon

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Botrychium australe R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Botrychium ternatum var. australe (R.Br.) D.C.Eaton (nomenclatural synonym)
Botrychium ternatum var. australe (R.Br.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Botrychium ternatum (Thunb.) Sw. (misapplied)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA (presumed extinct), Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas (presumed extinct)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (10), Morgan_2011_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (7), NSWFRD_2014 (9), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (5), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 70 records in 14 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 110 mm (30-220 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 145 mm (40-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); lanceolate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (4); herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3); rhizome_fleshy (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Morgan_2011_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.3-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2014]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	8	10	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_2014	9	9	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
NHNSW_2023	6	7	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/.
RBGV_2023	5	5	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	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/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. 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_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.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	2	2	S. 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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Morgan_2011_2	1	1	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait database, La Trobe University”. 2011.
SAH_2014	1	1	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.