Species profile—Cycas candida
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cycadaceae → Cycas candida
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Cycadaceae
- Scientific name
- Cycas candida K.D.Hill
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27956
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Short Notes
- Gymnosperm, five sheets
- Habitat
- Cycas candida occurs in open grassy woodland and eucalypt forest. It grows on sandy loam soils, on hill slopes and among granite rocks. (Hill 2004; Herbrecs 2008)
- Reproduction
- Male cones shed pollen and megasporophylls are receptive in November. Pollination is effected by small beetles that exist in an obligate mutualism with the cycad. Frequent fires have the potential to disrupt the reproduction of Cycas candida. (Hill 2004)
- Notes
- Contributors: Ailsa Holland, Paul Forster, Mellisa Mayhew 17/06/2009
- References
- Herbrecs (2008). Cycas candida, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 29/09/2008.
Hill, K.D. (2004). Cycas candida (Cycadaceae), a new species from Queensland together with an extension of range and amended description of Cycas yorkiana. Telopea, vol. 10(2), pp. 607-611. - Profile author
- Ailsa Holland (17/06/2009)
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27956.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
