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Cycas armstrongii

Wikipedia Abstract

Cycas armstrongii is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas, endemic to Australia's Northern Territory. It is found from the Finniss River in the west to the Arnhem Highway in the east, north of Pine Creek. It also occurs on the Tiwi Islands and the Cobourg Peninsula The female cones open, with 13–22 cm long sporophylls with 2-4 ovules per sporophyll on a lanceolate triangular lamina with an apical spine. The sarcotesta has a yellow coating when ripe. The male cones are ovoid, orange, 11–20 cm long and 7.5–10 cm diameter, with upper half of cone drawn to a point. Fruiting: March to September.
View Wikipedia Record: Cycas armstrongii

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Cycas armstrongii

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Tree

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Criconema obtusum[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0