Selaginella brisbanensis
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Family Selaginellaceae
Taxonomy: Selaginella brisbanensis F.M.Bailey
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lycopodiodes brisbanense Kuntze (orthographic variant)
- Lycopodioides brisbanense (F.M.Bailey) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (7), Metcalfe_2009 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 26 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (1); oblique (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); lycophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): aboveground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
- dispersal_unit (categorical): spore (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2009 | 16 | 16 | E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x. |
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 7 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. 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. |