Bat's-wing Fern
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.


Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Endangered (IUCN: EN D) [one record] |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [very little known about this sp] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(iii); D2) (Probable Decline) [several permanent pops near Mt Compass with recent declines; highly threated by weeds, herbicide, stock, changes in hydrology etc] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Endangered (IUCN: EN D) [ephemeral; comes up when conditions are right; only in swamps; hardly ever seen; prob only 1 location in Cleland] |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)) (Probable Decline) [(no records) likely to be here, to be confirmed] |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)) (Probable Decline) [limited habitat, populations mostly inaccessible, needs water, sensitive to droughts] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock painting: 1
Prior names
Pteris incisa
Common names
Bat's-wing Fern
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | | (0.497 g) | 20+ | 28-Mar-2023 | DJD Kangaroo Island | 18-Jul-2023 | | -80°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.