Kingdom Plantae Class Cycadopsida Family Cycadaceae Rank Species | Division Cycadophyta Order Cycadales Genus Cycas | |
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Similar Cycas cairnsiana, Cycas pruinosa, Cycas multipinnata, Cycas media, Cycas angulata | ||
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 cold habitat
References
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