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Bowenia spectabilis

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Family Zamiaceae

Taxonomy: Bowenia spectabilis Hook. ex Hook.f.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bowenia sp. (Mt. Haig) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bowenia sp. (Tinaroo) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bowenia sp. Tinaroo (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bowenia spectabilis Hook. ex Hook.f. var. spectabilis (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2023 (18), ATRP_2020 (1), Cheesman_2020 (23), Cooper_2013 (11), Kew_2019_1 (1), Weerasinghe_2014 (41), Wells_2012 (62), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 54 traits from 161 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 100 mm (80-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 90 mm (60-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2225 mm2 (2170-2280 mm2) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 1186.67 mm2 (693.7-1992.08 mm2) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 805 mm (70-2000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 351.67 mm (15-1000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 100 cm (100-100 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 56.46 g/m2 (41.32-69.4 g/m2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.26 g/g (0.22-0.27 g/g) [sources: Weerasinghe_2014; Wells_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): basal_large (1); herb (1); palmoid (2) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Cooper_2013; Wells_2012; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Wells_2012]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (1); rodents (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wells_2012]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 26.91 mg/g (21.22-30.5 mg/g) [sources: Cheesman_2020; Weerasinghe_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.2 mg/g (1.2-1.2 mg/g) [sources: Weerasinghe_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -33.36 {delta}[ppth] (-34.14--32.59 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cheesman_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2300 mg (2300-2300 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 30.25 mm (22-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • seed_width (numerical): 18 mm (18-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.36 mg/mm3 (0.31-0.41 mg/mm3) [sources: Wells_2012]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Wells_20121862J. A. Wells. “Phylogeny and inter-relations of ecological traits and seed dispersal in rainforest plants: Exploring aspects of functional diversity in primary and secondary rainforests in Australia's Wet Tropics.”. PhD. University of Queensland, 2012.
Weerasinghe_20141241L. K. Weerasinghe, D. Creek, K. Y. Crous, S. Xiang, M. J. Liddell, M. H. Turnbull, and O. K. Atkin. “Canopy position affects the relationships between leaf respiration and associated traits in a tropical rainforest in Far North Queensland”. Tree Physiology 34.6 (2014), pp. 564-584. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpu016.
Cheesman_20201223A. W. Cheesman, H. Duff, K. Hill, L. A. Cernusak, and F. A. McInerney. “Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: A modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia”. American Journal of Botany 107 (2020), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1523.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013811W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.