Linospadix Minor
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''Linospadix minor'' (also known as ''Bacularia intermedia''), more commonly known as the minor walking stick palm (being smaller in stature than the walking stick palm ''
Linospadix monostachyos ''Linospadix monostachyos'' known as the walking stick palm is a small palm growing in rainforest understorey in Queensland and New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of ...
'' ) is a small North-East Queensland tropical forest palm with stems between 7mm and 20mm in diameter, growing from 1 m to 5 m high, with semi-glossy dark green leaves, and a
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of 7 to 12 leaves ''Linospadix minor'' Palms and Cycads Societies of Australia webpage.
Accessed 27 June 2009
The minor walking stick palm has a limited distribution in the rainforests of the southern Mcllwraith Range (
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), and is most abundant in the Queensland's wet tropical forests south of
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(Mount Amos area) to Mission Beach (Licuala State Forest) and as far inland as Windsor Tableland (from 0–1200 m elevation)


References

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