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Range map for species of Lepidozamia (1).
Lepidozamia hopei von Regel

Common Names

Wunu [Aboriginal, Cairns area].

Taxonomic notes

Description

Range

Australia: N coastal Queensland (1).

Big Tree

With trunks up to 20 m tall and 50 cm in diameter, this is probably the tallest and perhaps the most massive individual cycad (1).

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Since the aboriginals had a name for it, they likely used it.

Observations

Seen in habitat at Mt. Whitfield Conservation Park at Cairns, March 1996. These specimens were no more than a few metres tall. The site appeared adapted to fire at roughly decadal intervals.

Remarks

Citations

(1) Jones 1993.


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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/za/le/hopei.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.com
Last modified on 6-Jan-1999

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