Cycas, Not collected--Australia. Queensland. Herberton Range. Powerline access road. 22 Sep 2011. (45).JPG
Cycas media R.Br. belongs to the Cycadaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Cycadaceae
Genus
Cycas
Specific Epithet
media
Authorship
R.Br.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 3.7
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#784 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 4 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →Location
Australia, Queensland
-27.914222, 153.189
Location Remarks
Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk. Accessed off Tamborine Mountain Rd. A private forest reserve.
Collectors
No collectors specified
