The stems grow up to 8 m tall. The leaves are numerous, 1-1.2 m long, pinnate, with 200-230 leaflets, the leaflets 11–22 cm long and 5-7.5 mm wide. The emerging new leaves are densely orange-brown tomentose, becoming bright green and moderately glossy on the upper side, lighter green on underside.
The female cones are open, very wooly and brown tomentose, with ovules per cone. Cones wide. Sarcotesta orange-brown.
Habitatedit
This cycad prefers Eucalyptus groves in the far northern region of Queensland in the tropical grasslands of Badu Island. Recently first described in 1996, it is found only in this remote island of Australia. Little is known of the plant, and it is not common in cultivation.
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January 01, 1970
cycas, badensis, species, cycad, genus, cycas, native, australia, extreme, north, queensland, where, endemic, badu, island, torres, strait, islands, conservation, status, near, threatened, iucn, scientific, classification, kingdom, plantae, clade, tracheophyte. Cycas badensis is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas native to Australia in the extreme north of Queensland where it is endemic on Badu Island in the Torres Strait Islands Cycas badensis Conservation status Near Threatened IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Gymnospermae Division Cycadophyta Class Cycadopsida Order Cycadales Family Cycadaceae Genus Cycas Species C badensis Binomial name Cycas badensisK D Hill The stems grow up to 8 m tall The leaves are numerous 1 1 2 m long pinnate with 200 230 leaflets the leaflets 11 22 cm long and 5 7 5 mm wide The emerging new leaves are densely orange brown tomentose becoming bright green and moderately glossy on the upper side lighter green on underside The female cones are open very wooly and brown tomentose with ovules per cone Cones wide Sarcotesta orange brown Habitat editThis cycad prefers Eucalyptus groves in the far northern region of Queensland in the tropical grasslands of Badu Island Recently first described in 1996 it is found only in this remote island of Australia Little is known of the plant and it is not common in cultivation References edit Hill K D 2010 Cycas badensis IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010 e T41970A10613527 Retrieved 26 June 2022 Cycad Pages Cycas badensis Archived 2013 05 10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cycas badensis amp oldid 1192983950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
