Bowenia spectabilis, B. Gray 9101--Australia. Queensland. Boulders Flora and Fauna Reserve. 27 Sep 2011. (184).JPG
Endemic to Queensland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Australia, Queensland (Babinda)
-17.344207, 145.872592
Location Remarks
Coordinates are the median GPS position of 118 specimen photograph(s) taken 2011-09-27 (90% of them within NaN km of it). Split from the legacy location "Tamborine Mountain" (cfbb1491-c56c-3135-9253-7ae1ac881637), which carried events from many places; not otherwise described.
Collectors
Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Acaulescent; leaves incl. petioles 1.25 m tall. Female plant.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Bowenia
Specific Epithet
spectabilis
Authorship
Hook. ex Hook.f.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 14.8
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#445 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 11 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →