''Archontophoenix purpurea'', the Mount Lewis king palm, is a solitary palm native to
Queensland
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,
Australia
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. It is mainly found in the rainforest.
[Hodel, Donald R. & John Leslie Dowe. 1994. Austrobaileya 4: 238, ''Archontophoenix purpurea'']
References
purpurea
Palms of Australia
Flora of Queensland
Plants described in 1994
Taxa named by John Leslie Dowe
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