Cycas basaltica
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Family Cycadaceae
Taxonomy: Cycas basaltica C.A.Gardner
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cycas media var. basaltica (C.A.Gardner) J.Schust. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Chen_2017 (2), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 32 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 580 mm (90-1250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5.5-9.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 14 cm (8-20 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (1); tree (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1); woody_like_stem (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 29 mm (27-31 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 28 mm (26-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): orbicular (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.38 m (0.5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_1981; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 9 | 16 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 3 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_1981 | 3 | 3 | B. 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/. |
| Chen_2017 | 2 | 2 | Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |