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

Lepidozamia 
(Zamiaceae) 

Stem columnar, 2-20m. The pinnate leaves to 3m. Male cones oblong-cylindric, to 80 x 15cm. Female cones ovoid, to 60 x 25cm. 

L. hopei

Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia

L. peroffskyana - female in cone

Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia

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