Cycas, Not collected--Australia. Queensland. Herberton Range. Powerline access road. 22 Sep 2011. (45).JPG
Endemic to Queensland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
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 →