Tectaria confluens
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Family Tectariaceae
Taxonomy: Tectaria confluens (F.Muell. ex Hook. & Baker) Pic.Serm.
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Aspidium confluens Mett. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Aspidium confluens Mett. f. confluens (nomenclatural synonym)
- Aspidium confluens f. decompositum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Aspidium confluens f. simplicius Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Aspidium muelleri C.Chr. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Nephrodium confluens F.Muell. ex Hook. & Baker (nomenclatural synonym)
- Nephrodium confluens Mett. (taxonomic synonym)
- Tectaria muelleri (C.Chr.) C.Chr. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Aspidium melanocaulon Blume (misapplied)
- Sagenia melanocaulos (Blume) T.Moore (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (6), Wells_2012 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 16 records in 5 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): 325 mm (200-450 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (2); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 5 | 6 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wells_2012 | 5 | 5 | 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_2022 | 2 | 2 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. 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. |