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Bowenia spectabilis
Bowenia spectabilis is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to northeast Queensland, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Bowenia spectabilis is found in northeastern Queensland from the McIlwraith Range on the Cape York Peninsula south to near Tully. It is a rainforest species, growing close to streams and on sheltered slopes in lowland wet sclerophyll forest, but also at an altitude of up to 700 metres in the Atherton Tableland.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bowenia spectabilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
