Sticherus flabellatus
shiny fan-fern
Accumulation profile
Rare Earth Elements Facultative
1,130 µg g⁻¹ DW
1.1× the rare earth elements threshold
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- Substrate
- Acidic soils
- Habitat
- Heath, gullies and forest margins
- Distribution
- Australia (eastern)
- First reported
- 2025 · Corzo-Remigio et al.
- Verification
- primary-measured
Description & ecology
Promoted to primary-measured 2026-09-06: Corzo-Remigio et al. (read at source in the open-access Research Square full text) report a total REE concentration of 1,130 µg g⁻¹ in a herbarium pinna (single specimen BRI-AQ0437776; ICP-OES confirmation of XRF screening; Table 2). Now peer-reviewed: Plant and Soil 518:1979–1996, doi:10.1007/s11104-025-08111-0.
The analysed taxon is Sticherus flabellatus var. flabellatus; ΣREE = 15 lanthanides + Sc + Y per the paper's IUPAC definition; n=1 herbarium specimen.
References
- Corzo-Remigio, A., 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. Plant and Soil (version of record; open-access preprint at Research Square doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7669902/v1), 518, 1979–1996. doi:10.1007/s11104-025-08111-0