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Cycas media subs. ensata K.D.Hill
Tabl. École Bot. 7: 14 (1996)
Family: CYCADACEAE

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cycas media subs. ensata K.D.Hill
Tabl. École Bot. 7: 14 (1996)

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cycas media R.Br.
Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 348 (1810).
Synonymy: 9 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cycas media subs. banksii K.D.Hill
Telopea 7: 15 (1996)

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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cycas media group

  • Cycas kennedyana F.Muell.: (= Cycas media R.Br. subsp. media) has a trunk 10-35 cm thick 2-4 m tall. Microsporophyll often without an ascendant pointed apex. It is extremely variable. Distribution: Central of Queensland between Rockhampton and Bowen.
  • Cycas media R.Br.: (subsp. media) leaflets 5-7 mm wide, margins distinctly recurved; seeds more than 32 mm diameter. Longest cataphylls 60-90 mm long. Distribution: Cardwell to around St Lawrence, Queensland, Australia.
  • Cycas media subs. banksii K.D.Hill: leaflets 7-10 mm wide, margins slightly recurved; seeds up to 32 mm diameter. Longest cataphylls less than 90 mm long. Distribution: S of Cairns,Queensland, Australia.
  • Cycas media subs. ensata K.D.Hill: leaflets 7-10 mm wide, margins slightly recurved. Longest cataphylls more than 100 mm long. Distribution: N of Silver Plains homestead to Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia.

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