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Australia and New Guinea
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Kerrigan, Raelee; Cowie, Ian; Liddle, Dave (May 2006).
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981:Dixon, Dale; Cowie, Ian; Kerrigan, Raelee (2003).
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458:and the former (and current) name was reinstated.
340:to 3 m (9.8 ft) in length, with 15-40
1115:Queensland Department of Environment and Science
484:Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis
862:(H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f."
619:(H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f."
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1075:Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
775:Briggs, George B.; Calvin, Clyde L. (1987).
549:), north to the top of the peninsula, some
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906:: Discovery, Horticulture and Taxonomy"
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344:(leaflets) on either side of the
330:, but may be greyish lower down.
811:Dowe, J.L.; Jones, D.L. (2020).
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1664:Flora of the Northern Territory
1486:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:55245-3
955:International Plant Names Index
865:Northern Territory Flora Online
294:. Its native range is northern
272:(H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) Kuntze
553:and into southern New Guinea.
447:the species was classified as
432:, but shortly after, in 1884,
421:described the plant and asked
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869:Northern Territory Government
750:Invasive Species Compendium
560:floodplains and the nearby
537:is in honour of Macarthur.
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991:? The taxonomic status of
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628:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
623:Plants of the World Online
478:) as described in 1928 by
403:Chevert Expedition of 1875
486:. However, in 2003 Dixon
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221:Actinophloeus macarthurii
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1252:Ptychosperma_macarthurii
1205:Ptychosperma macarthurii
1175:Ptychosperma macarthurii
1109:Ptychosperma macarthurii
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705:Ptychosperma macarthurii
664:Ptychosperma macarthurii
617:Ptychosperma macarthurii
541:Distribution and habitat
524:, meaning "a fold"; and
438:Ptychosperma macarthurii
399:Ptychosperma macarthurii
387:Ptychosperma macarthurii
286:, commonly known as the
283:Ptychosperma macarthurii
261:Ptychosperma julianettii
172:Ptychosperma macarthurii
25:Ptychosperma macarthurii
430:H. Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch
779:. Wiley. p. 361.
547:Princess Charlotte Bay
472:Ptychosperma bleeserii
240:H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch
213:Actinophloeus hospitus
205:Actinophloeus bleeseri
1119:Queensland Government
948:Ptychosperma bleeseri
917:James Cook University
707:| Occurrence records"
677:Australian Government
551:Torres Strait Islands
443:. In a 1909 paper by
269:Saguaster macarthurii
253:Ptychosperma hospitum
245:Ptychosperma bleeseri
514:is derived from the
434:Joseph Dalton Hooker
304:disjunct populations
229:Carpentaria bleeseri
1674:Flora of New Guinea
1669:Flora of Queensland
1144:map of observations
926:on 28 November 2020
900:Dowe, J.L. (2007).
296:Cape York Peninsula
154:P. macarthurii
1659:Palms of Australia
1524:Kentia macarthurii
1070:Cooper, William T.
913:ResearchOnline@JCU
821:Flora of Australia
427:Kentia macarthurii
417:in England, where
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237:Kentia macarthurii
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