Biology:Bowenia spectabilis

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Short description: Species of cycad

Bowenia spectabilis
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Binomial name
Bowenia spectabilis
Hook. ex Hook.f.

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.

Range

Bowenia 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]

The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia' records that the yam-like rhizome is used for food by the Indigenous Australians.[3]

  • Bowenia spectabilis at Mossman Gorge, Queensland, Australia
    Bowenia spectabilis at Mossman Gorge, Queensland, Australia
  • Bowenia spectabilis (typical form) in the Daintree Rainforest in northeast Queensland, Australia
    Bowenia spectabilis (typical form) in the Daintree Rainforest in northeast Queensland, Australia
  • Bowenia spectabilis at Mossman Gorge, Queensland, Australia
    Bowenia spectabilis at Mossman Gorge, Queensland, Australia
  • Bowenia Lake Tinaroo form in sclerophyll woodland near Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tableland, far north Queensland
    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
    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 near Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tableland, far north Queensland
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    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
    Bowenia Lake Tinaroo form in sclerophyll woodland near Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tableland, far north Queensland

References

  1. ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41980/10591113. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ "The Gymnosperm Database". http://www.conifers.org/st/Bowenia_spectabilis.php. 
  3. ↑ J. H. Maiden (1889). The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania. Turner and Henderson, Sydney. https://primo-slnsw.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=SLNSW_ALMA21105097830002626&context=L&vid=SLNSW&search_scope=EEA&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US. 

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