Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
Chi Ye Lian Tie
Common Names in English:
Byfield Fern, Byfield-Fern, Serrated Leaf Bowenia
Common Names in French:
Cycadale D´ Australie à Feuilles Dentelées
Common Names in Japanese:
Bouenia Serururaata
Description
Physical Description
Species Bowenia serrulata
This is the only cycad genus that has bipinnately compound leaves.
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Flower Color: inconspicuous, none
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 4-6' tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 18-24" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Cycadopsida
()
- Order:
Cycadales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Stangeriaceae
()
- L. Johnson, 1959
- Subfamily:
Yuccoideae
()
- Genus:
Bowenia
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
serrulata
- (W. Bull) Chamb.
- Botanical name: - Bowenia serrulata
- Specific epithet:
serrulata
- (W. Bull) Chamb.
- Genus:
Bowenia
(
- Subfamily:
Yuccoideae
(
- Family:
Stangeriaceae
(
- Order:
Cycadales
(
- Class:
Cycadopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Bowenia spectabilis var. serrata F. M. Bailey
- Bowenia spectabilis var. serrulata W. Bull
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: Wilson K
.L.
Name verified on
Place of publication
: Bot. Gaz. 54:419. 1912
Name verified on 21-Dec-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 05-Mar-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bowenia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. serrulata (Serrated Leaf Bowenia) · B. spectabilis (Smooth-Edge-Leaved Bowenia) · B. spectabilis serrulata · B. spectabilis var. spectabilis · B. 'Tinaroo' (Zamia Fern)
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Further Reading
- Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 459.
- Die Gartenwelt. Berlin: G. Schmidt, [1897- GER url p. 480.
- Donaldson, J.S. (ed.) 2003. Cycads. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Embryogenesis in plants. London, Methuen;[1955] ENG url p. 180, p. 366.
- George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia, new ed. (F Aust)
- Gymnosperms; structure and evolution, by Charles Joseph Chamberlain with 397 figures. Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press[1935] ENG url p. 115, p. 79.
- Hill, K. D. & D. W. Stevenson. The cycad pages; World list of cycads - on-line resource. (L Cycads)
- Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
- Jones, D. L. 1993. Cycads of the world, ancient plants in today's landscapes. (Cycads)
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
- Steyn, E. M. A. et al. 1999. Stangeriaceae. In: Orchard, A. E. (ed.), Species Plantarum: Flora of the World. Canberra. 1999+ (Species Plant) 2:4.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Hill, K.D. 2003. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- IOPI Global Plant Checklist 2005.
- IOPI-GPC
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 24, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3329965
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: IOP-454948
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13691448
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65938-3
- GRIN Nomen Number: 7539
- IUCN ID: 41979
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13888
