Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Description
Range
Australia, northeastern Queensland from the McIlwraith Range on the Cape York Peninsula south to near Tully. Grows in or near rainforest, close to streams and on sheletered slopes in wet sclerophyll forest, mostly in lowland areas but at elevations up to 700m in the Atherton Tableland (1). Range map: see Bowenia.Big Tree
Oldest
Ethnobotany
Observations
Saw one at Flecker Botanical Gardens in Cairns. A moderately common ornamental.Remarks
A related taxon is the undescribed (in 1993) Bowenia sp. 'Tinaroo' (1).Citations
(1) Jones 1993.[Bowenia] [Stangeriaceae] [home]
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/st/bo/spectabilis.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.com
Last modified on 11-Jan-1999