Zamiaceae

Zamia fern

Bowenia spectabilis Hook.f.

Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Bowenia

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Zamia fern: Plant with single frond in the Daintree rainforest, north-east Queensland — Photo: Tanetahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

arz: سبيكابيليس بوينيا
Chinese: 波溫蘇鐵, 波温苏铁, 波温铁
Czech: Bowenie obdivuhodná, Bovenie obdivuhodná, Bowenie nádherná
English: Zamia fern
Russian: Бовения эффектная
Ukrainian: Бовения эффектная

Synonyms

Bowenia spectabilis var. spectabilis

Photos

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Photo: Tanetahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tanetahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tanetahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tanetahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tanetahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Will Cornwell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tim, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.