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

Microcycas 
(Zamiaceae) 

To 20m, with a simple, columnar , and irregularly swollen stem. The pinnate leaves to 2m. The cones to 80 x 15cm. Only 1 species: 

M. calocoma

Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia

Male cone

Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia 

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