Cycas silvestris
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Family Cycadaceae
Taxonomy: Cycas silvestris K.D.Hill
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cycas media R.Br. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Chen_2017 (2), Cooper_2013 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 30 records in 6 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_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 880 mm (150-2000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 12 mm (9-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 40 cm (30-50 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): 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 (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody_like_stem (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 30 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- seed_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (25-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 6 m (3-9 m) [sources: ABRS_1981; Cooper_2013]
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. |
| Cooper_2013 | 5 | 6 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| 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. |