Biology:Cycas platyphylla

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Short description: Species of cycad

Cycas platyphylla
Cycas platyphylla with new flush of fronds.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Cycadaceae
Genus: Cycas
Species:
C. platyphylla
Binomial name
Cycas platyphylla
K.D.Hill

Cycas platyphylla is a cycad in the genus Cycas, native to Queensland, Australia .

The stems are erect or decumbent, growing to 1.5 m tall but most often less than a metre. The leaves are pinnate, keeled, 60–100 cm long. New fronds are glaucous blue at first, becoming dark yellow-green, moderately glossy above. Megasporophylls are thickly covered in orange indumentum and the developing seeds have an intensely glaucous sarcotesta.

Habitat

This cycad has a main distribution in sparse Eucalyptus savanna on skeletal soils over outcrops of rhyolite or basalt west of the Atherton Tableland in north-east Queensland. This species is fire tolerant. It grows abundantly in cool habitat

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q3008231 entry