Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
Quan Yuan Ye Lian Tie
Common Names in English:
Cycad, Showy Bowenia, Smooth-Edge-Leaved Bowenia, Zamia Fern
Common Names in French:
Cycadale D´ Australie
Common Names in Japanese:
Bouenia Supekutabirisu
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Flower Color: inconspicuous, none
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 36-48" tall.
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Biology
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Growth
Culture: Space 36-48" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
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- 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:
Ranunculoideae
()
- Tribe:
Ranunculeae
()
- Genus:
Bowenia
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
spectabilis
- Hook. ex Hook. f.
- Botanical name: - Bowenia spectabilis
- Specific epithet:
spectabilis
- Hook. ex Hook. f.
- Genus:
Bowenia
(
- Tribe:
Ranunculeae
(
- Subfamily:
Ranunculoideae
(
- Family:
Stangeriaceae
(
- Order:
Cycadales
(
- Class:
Cycadopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Wilson K .L.
Similar Species
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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
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- A dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns, by J. C. Willis. CambridgeThe University Press, 1919 ENG url p. 90.
- Adansonia; recueil d'observations botaniques / rdig par le Dr. H. Baillon. Paris, France: H. Baillon et F. Savy. FRE url p. 73.
- Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Wien: Alfred Hlder, 1886-1917. GER url p. 31, p. 4.
- Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 31, p. 4.
- Annales du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg. Leiden [etc.]E.J. Brill [etc.]. ENG url p. 27.
- Archives n©erlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles, publi©es par la Soci©t© hollandaise des sciences © Harlem. La Haye [etc.]M. Nijhoff [etc.] FRE url p. 85.
- Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 2, p. 231, p. 273, p. 284, p. 289, p. 340, p. 341, p. 369, p. 404, p. 94.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 266.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. ENG url p. 753.
- Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. Paris: publiés avec le concours du Centre national de la recherche scientifique par MM. les secrétaires perpétuels: -1965. FRE url p. 82.
- Contributions from the Hull Botanical Laboratory. [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1895- ENG url p. 204, p. 216, p. 218, p. 219.
- Die Gartenwelt. Berlin: G. Schmidt, [1897- GER url p. 83.
- Donaldson, J.S. (ed.) 2003. Cycads. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Flora balearica, étude phytogéographique sur les íles Baléares, par Herman Knoche. [Montpellier, France, Imp. Roumégous et Déhan]1921-1923. FRE url p. 46.
- Gartenflora. Erlangen: F. Enke, 1852-1940. GER url p. 159.
- Gymnosperms; structure and evolution, by Charles Joseph Chamberlain with 397 figures. Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press[1935] ENG url p. 464.
- Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung. Hamburg: R. Kittler, 1852-1890. GER url p. 356, p. 391, p. 8.
- Handbuch der systematischen botanik, mit besonderer berücksichtigung der arzneipflanzen. Bd. 1. Leipzig, H. Haessel, 1879. GER url p. 81.
- Illustrierte Garten-Zeitung. Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart. GER url p. 135, p. 99.
- International catalogue of scientific literature. London: Published for the International Council by the Royal Society of London, 1902-1919. ENG url p. 385.
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. ENG url p. 39.
- Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. ENG url p. 600.
- Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 127, p. 1324, p. 214, p. 560, p. 560, p. 61, p. 674, p. 86, p. 95.
- L'Illustration horticole; journal international populaire de l'horticulture dans toutes ses branches. Ghent; FRE url p. 183.
- Le Jardin. Paris: Librairie horticole du Jardin, 1887-1921. FRE url p. 232, p. 233, p. 343.
- Natural science. London: Macmillan & Co., [1892-1899] ENG url p. 366.
- Pollen and spore morphology/plant taxonomy; gymnospermae, pteriodophyta, bryophyta (Illustrations) Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell;[1957] ENG url p. 10.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. ENG url p. 766.
- The Gardener. Edinburgh;W. Blackwood and sons, 1867-1882. ENG url p. 405.
- The Popular science monthly. [New York, Popular Science Pub. Co., etc.] ENG url p. 427.
- Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Befrderung des Gartenbaues in den Kniglich Preussischen Staaten fr Grtnerei und Pflanzenkunde. Berlin, Wiegandt & Hempel [etc.] GER url p. 417, p. 53.
Notes
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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 4 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.
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: 2663724
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: IOP-200000-98
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13691414
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65956-3
- IUCN ID: 41980
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 432472
