The Cycads

A relict plant group of the past

presented by the Botanical Garden, Oslo
DESCRIPTION

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

Family characters

1. Cycadaceae
Pinnae with midrib & no lateral veins.

 
 

2. Zamiaceae 
Pinnae with numerous parallel or wavy veins running longitudinally.

3. Stangeriaceae 
Pinnae with midrib & lateral veins.

© Botanical Garden, 12. july 2001