Bowenia

Bowenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Stangeriaceae
Subfamily: Bowenioideae
Pilger
Genus: Bowenia
Hook. ex Hook.f.
Type species
Bowenia spectabilis[1]
Species

The genus Bowenia includes two living and two fossil species of cycads in the family Stangeriaceae, sometimes placed in their own family Boweniaceae.[2] They are entirely restricted to Australia.

  1. ^ a b Hill, Ken; Leonie Stanberg; Dennis Stevenson. "The Cycad Pages". Genus Bowenia. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. ^ Stevenson, D.W. (1981). "Observations on ptyxis, phenology, and trichomes in the Cycadales and their systematic implications". American Journal of Botany. 68 (8): 1104–14. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1981.tb06394.x.