Bowenia spectabilis is a species of cycad in the family Stangeriaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Stangeriaceae |
| Genus: | Bowenia |
| Species: | B. spectabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bowenia spectabilis Hook. ex Hook.f.
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Range
editBowenia spectabilis is found in northeastern Queensland from the McIlwraith Range on the Cape York Peninsula south to near Tully. It is a rainforest species, growing close to streams and on sheltered slopes in lowland wet sclerophyll forest, but also at an altitude of up to 700 metres in the Atherton Tableland.[2]
Gallery
editThe 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia' records that the yam-like rhizome is used for food by the Indigenous Australians.[3]
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Bowenia spectabilis at Mossman Gorge, Queensland, Australia -
Bowenia spectabilis (typical form) in the Daintree Rainforest in northeast Queensland, Australia -
Bowenia spectabilis at Mossman Gorge, Queensland, Australia -
Bowenia Lake Tinaroo form in sclerophyll woodland near Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tableland, far north Queensland -
Serrulate margin of the pinnae on a wild plant of Bowenia Lake Tinaroo form, at Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia -
Bowenia Lake Tinaroo form in sclerophyll woodland near Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tableland, far north Queensland -
Bowenia Lake Tinaroo form in sclerophyll woodland after recent bushfire, near Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tableland, far north Queensland -
Bowenia Lake Tinaroo form in sclerophyll woodland near Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tableland, far north Queensland
References
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- ^ Hill, K.D. (2010). "Bowenia spectabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T41980A10591113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T41980A10591113.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "The Gymnosperm Database". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ J. H. Maiden (1889). The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania. Turner and Henderson, Sydney.
External links
edit- "Bowenia spectabilis Hook. ex Hook.f." Atlas of Living Australia.
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