The Cycads
A relict plant group of the past
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Bowenia
Ceratozamia
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Dioon
Encephalartos
Lepidozamia
Macrozamia
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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
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