Young specimen of <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Archontophoenix_maxima" title="Archontophoenix maxima">Archontophoenix maxima</a></i>, the Walsh River Palm, growing in cultivation at Auckland, New Zealand. This the largest species of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archontophoenix&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Archontophoenix (page does not exist)">Archontophoenix</a> genus. It is endemic to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. This robust palm grows in rainforest in altitudes of between 800 and 1200 metres on the Walsh River and the adjacent Mt Haig Range in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atherton_Tablelands&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Atherton Tablelands (page does not exist)">Atherton Tablelands</a> at approximately 17° South latitude.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Kahuroa" title="User:Kahuroa">Kahuroa</a>
2008-04-25
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