The Cycads

A relict plant group of the past

presented by the Botanical Garden, Oslo

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Family characters
Bowenia 
Ceratozamia
Cycas
Dioon
Encephalartos
Lepidozamia
Macrozamia
Microcycas
Stangeria
Zamia

 

Description

Bowenia 
(Zamiaceae) 

Fern-like. Tuberous, underground stems with blue-green algal symbiosis. Leaves to 2 m, bipinnate, unique among the cycads. 

B. spectabilis

B. serrulata - male in cone

Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia

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