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Bowenia spectabilis

Bowenia spectabilis
Bowenia Spectabilis 2 years.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Stangeriaceae
Genus: Bowenia
Species: B. spectabilis
Binomial name
Bowenia spectabilis
Hook. ex Hook.f.

Bowenia spectabilis is a species of cycad in the Stangeriaceae family. It is endemic to Queensland. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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.

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



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