Sticherus tener
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Family Gleicheniaceae
Taxonomy: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Gleichenia flabellata var. tenera (R.Br.) Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gleichenia tenera R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Mertensia tenera (R.Br.) Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Sticherus tenerus Ching (orthographic variant)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Gleichenia flabellata R.Br. (pro parte misapplied)
- Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (5), Mokany_2015 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 63 records in 8 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): resprouts (2) [sources: White_2020]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 63.62 mm2 (63.62-63.62 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
- leaf_length (numerical): 11.5 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblong (1); obtriangular (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 38 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| RBGV_2023 | 8 | 10 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 5 | 5 | 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 | 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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Mokany_2015 | 1 | 1 | K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |