Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
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Cycas platyphylla
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Common name:
Petford Blue Sago
Family:
Cycadaceae (Cycad)
Distribution:
Queensland
IUCN Red list:
Endangered
Regional red list:
Vulnerable
National red list:
Vulnerable
Life form:
Cycad
Comments:
Cycads are survivors and relicts from the age of dinosaurs. However although the lineage is ancient, the living cycad species are all strikingly young. Current research indicates that the species began to diversify only c.12 million years ago and c. 55 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Locations
1:
bed 1
• Accession: A1989-1930/205 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
2:
bed 1
• Accession: A1989-1930/206 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
3:
bed 1
• Accession: A1989-1930/207 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
4:
bed 1
• Accession: A1989-1930/209 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
5:
bed 1
• Accession: A1989-1930/210 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
6:
bed 1
• Accession: A1989-1930/211 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
7:
bed 1
• Accession: A1989-1930/202 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
8:
bed 1
• Accession: A1989-1930/201 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
9:
bed 251
• Accession: A1989-1930/203 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
10:
bed eucarb
• Accession: A1989-1930/1 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
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Individual