Sphaeropteris cooperi

(Hook. ex F.Muell.) R.M.Tryon · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Polypodiopsida/Cyatheales/Cyatheaceae/Sphaeropteris

At a glance

Occurrence records2 759

Data sources8

Biological traits23

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections5

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Sphaeropteris cooperi's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 759 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 759 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI6 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 138

01Narrative

Cyathea cooperi, également connue comme fougère de Cooper ou fougère arborescente d'Australie, est une espèce de fougère arborescente de taille moyenne à grande, à croissance rapide, originaire de l'est de l'Australie.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology6

Leaf length3 500 mm

Leaf length max5 000 mm

Leaf width25 mm

Plant height10 m

Plant height max12 m

Plant height min0.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: fern palmoid · TRY: F

Leaf compoundnesscompound

Leaf shapenarrowly_ovate

Woodinessnon-woody

⚠ sources differ — TRY: H · AusTraits: herbaceous woody · GIFT: non-woody

Physiology & chemistry4

Leaf n22.84 mg/g

Leaf p1.33 mg/g

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)25.8 mm²/mg

05DNA & barcoding6 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sphaeropteris cooperi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

Marker genes3

GenBank sequences8

eDNA detections5

Countries3

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSL41595.1 ↗556 bp

ACGT

NNNNNNNNNNNGGATGAGTGCTCTCCTACTCGTACTTACTCGGGAGACTCTAGACACAGAAAAAGCCGGGGCAACGACGGATTCTTCGTC …

Cyathea cooperi chloroplast 23S-5S internal transcribed spacer in inverted repeat (contains 4.5S rRNA)

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★rbcL6★rbcLa★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Sphaeropteris cooperi carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 138 n = 69

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 1381×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Queirós, M. & J. Ormonde. 1984. Contribução para o conhecimento citotaxonómico da florados Açores - I. Bol. Soc. Brot. 57: 77–85.

n 692×CCDB · barker-ferns · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · barker-ferns — Tindale, Mary D., and S. K. Roy. "A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia."Australian Systematic Botany15.6 (2002): 839-937.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Tindale. 2002. In M. D. Tindale & S. K. Roy, A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 15: 839–937.

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 759 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 619

Museum / vouchered135

Other5

Origin

Introduced16

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 812 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 624≤1 km 201≤10 km 206>10 km 146

2 177 georeferenced · 442 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 619

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km

≤1 km 20≤10 km 9>10 km 1

30 georeferenced · 105 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence135

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions19 of 29 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cape Town, ZA	44
BISHlocation not on record	14
Tampa, US	8
Honolulu, US	7
Bronx, US	6
Kew, GB	4
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record	3
Riverside, US	3
Santa Barbara, US	3
Corvallis, US	2
Wlocation not on record	2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	2
Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record	2
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record	2
Durban, ZA	1
Madrid, ES	1
Pretoria, ZA	1
Columbia, US	1
Denver, US	1
San Luis Obispo, US	1
Saint Louis, US	1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	1
Arcata, US	1
Auckland, NZ	1
WTUlocation not on record	1
Whitehorse, CA	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
HAWlocation not on record	1
Fort Worth, US	1

29 institutions · 117 of 135 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Sphaeropteris cooperi was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found5

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median12.5 °C 12.5–20.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.0 °C

Max temp (day)18.4 °C 18.4–26.5

Min temp (night)8.20 °C 8.20–13.6

Precipitation79.6 mm/mo 28.4–79.6

Air humidity57.3 % 46.2–57.3

Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo -122–-38.4

Vapour deficit733 Pa 733–1,446

Wind speed5.80 m/s 4.30–5.80

Cloud cover36.7 % 21.8–36.7

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Sphaeropteris cooperi

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology6

Life cycle & reproduction4

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment8

Physiology & chemistry4

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type2 759 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions19 of 29 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type2 759 records