Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
Class
LILIOPSIDA
Family
ARECACEAE
Genus
Syagrus
Species
romanzoffiana
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Queen Palm
Alternate name
Cocos Palm
Is historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Tallebudgera Valley
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Rainforest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Spread by flying foxes, birds, gardening dumping and other animals.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Tree
Description
Fast-growing tree to 21m. Sturdy ridged trunk. Leaves green to 4.5m long with long, strappy leaflets radiating from the central leaf stem. Flowers small and inconspicuous. Fruit a fleshy orange berry up to2.5cm long.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations