Class Cycadopsida | Order Cycadales Genus Macrozamia Rank Species | |
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Similar Macrozamia, Macrozamia riedlei, Macrozamia communis, Lepidozamia peroffskyana, Lepidozamia | ||
Macrozamia moorei cycad at fairchild miami
Macrozamia moorei is a cycad in the family Zamiaceae, native to Queensland (Australia).
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The species was described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1881, naming it after Charles Moore (1820-1905), director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
Description
Macrozamia moorei is the tallest-growing species of Macrozamia, growing to 7 metres (23 ft) tall with a trunk 50–80 cm diameter. It has keeled leaves up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) long, with short petioles bearing numerous spines, and 120-220 leaflets, each leaflet 20–35 cm long and 5–10 mm broad.
The plant is cultivated by specialty plant nurseries as an ornamental plant.
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Macrozamia moorei Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA