Selaginella longipinna
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Family Selaginellaceae
Taxonomy: Selaginella longipinna Warb.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Selaginella longipinna Warb. var. longipinna (nomenclatural synonym)
- Selaginella longipinna var. brevispica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Selaginella flabellata (L.) Spring (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (9), Wells_2012 (49), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 61 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 32.96 mm2 (26.17-40.49 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
- leaf_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (0.5-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 0.83 mg (0.75-0.96 mg) [sources: Wells_2012]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 25.67 g/m2 (22.81-31.16 g/m2) [sources: Wells_2012]
- leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.25 g/g (0.22-0.27 g/g) [sources: Wells_2012]
- leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (1); truncate (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
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); lycophyte (1) [sources: Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
stem morphology
- wood_density (numerical): 0.29 mg/mm3 (0.2-0.39 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells_2012 | 16 | 49 | J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012. |
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 9 | 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. |