Sticherus flabellatus
shiny fan-fern
Accumulation profile
Rare Earth Elements Facultative
1,130 µg g⁻¹ DW
1.1× the rare earth elements threshold
Other rare earth elements accumulators →
- Substrate
- Acidic soils
- Habitat
- Heath, gullies and forest margins
- Distribution
- Australia (eastern)
- First reported
- 2025 · Remigio et al.
- Verification
- hypothesized
Description & ecology
Herbarium-XRF ΣREE ~1,130 µg/g (Remigio et al. 2025, preprint). Flagged hypothesized for the same reasons as Sticheropsis milnei: single preprint source, value close to threshold.
References
- Remigio, A. C., Purwadi, I., Fox, N., Bostock, P. D., Martel, C., van der Ent, A., & Erskine, P. D. (2025). Discovery of new Australasian rare earth element hyperaccumulator ferns from screening herbarium specimens (preprint). Research Square (preprint, not peer-reviewed). doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7669902/v1