Order Cycadales Higher classification Bowenia | Family Stangeriaceae Scientific name Bowenia spectabilis Rank Species | |
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Similar Bowenia, Bowenia serrulata, Cycad, Stangeriaceae, Stangeria eriopus | ||
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.
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.
References
Bowenia spectabilis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA