Macrozamia moorei

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Macrozamia moorei
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Macrozamia
Species: M. moorei

Binomial name
Macrozamia moorei
F. Muell

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.

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