Macrozamia moorei

Taxobox
name="Macrozamia moorei"
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend=down

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image_width = 250px
regnum=Plantae
division=Cycadophyta
classis=Cycadopsida
ordo=Cycadales
familia=Zamiaceae
genus="Macrozamia"
species="M. moorei"
binomial_authority=F. Muell
binomial="Macrozamia moorei"

"Macrozamia moorei" is a cycad in the family Zamiaceae, native to Queensland (Australia).

It is the tallest-growing species of "Macrozamia", growing to 7 m tall with a trunk 50-80 cm diameter. It has keeled leaves up to 2.5 m long, with short petioles bearing numerous spines, and 120-220 leaflets, each leaflet 20-35 cm long and 5-10 mm broad.

The species was described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1881, naming it after Charles Moore (1820-1905), director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

References and external links

* Jones, David L. "Cycads of the world." Australia, Reed Books (1993).
* Harden, Gwen J. " Flora of New South Wales." Kensington, NSW (Australia), New South Wales University Press (1990).
* [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/cgi-bin/cycadpg?taxname=Macrozamia+moorei The Cycad Pages: "Macrozamia moorei"]
* [http://www.conifers.org/za/ma/moorei.htm "Macrozamia moorei" F.Muell.]
* [http://www.pacsoa.org.au/cycads/Macrozamia/moorei.html PACSOA: "Macrozamia moorei"]

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