Sphaerostephanos unitus
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Family Thelypteridaceae
Taxonomy: Sphaerostephanos unitus (L.) Holttum
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cyclosorus unitus (L.) Ching (nomenclatural synonym)
- Polypodium unitum L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Thelypteris unita (L.) C.V.Morton (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NTH_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 10 traits from 15 records in 3 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): 488.75 mm (100-1000 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 13 mm (8-18 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 7 | 12 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |