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

Macrozamia 
(Zamiaceae) 

Stem underground, to 10m. The pinnate leaves are coriaceous. Male cones cylindric, female cones shorter and broader. 

M. diplomera - female in cone

Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia

M. lucida

Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia

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