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Cycas scratchleyana F.Muell. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Vict. Naturalist 2(2): 18-19. (1885). [BHL]

Etymology: Honoring Sir Peter Henry Scratchley (1835–1885), English military engineer, colonial administrator, and former Special Commissioner for the Territory of New Guinea. [source]

Nomenclature notes: Later listed by F. Mueller in Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants 2(6): 15. 1885
Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): HT:MEL

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Distribution: Australia (Queensland [Murray Island]), Indonesia (Maluku, Maluku Utara, Papua, Papua Barat), Papua New Guinea (Central, Gulf, Milne Bay, Western)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Least Concern

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References (8)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Osborne R. 2011. Focus on Cycas scratchleyana F.Muell.. Encephalartos 103 : 9-13. WLoC
Pages: 9-13
Hill KD. 2010. Cycas scratchleyana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42083A10624172. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Lindström AJ, Hill KD, Stanberg L. 2009. The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Indonesia. Telopea 12 (3) : 385-418. WLoC DOI

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Forster PI. 2005. Cycas scratchleyana F.Muell. (Cycadaceae), a new species record for Queensland and Australia. Austrobaileya 7 (1) : 229-230. WLoC
Pages: 229-230