Cycas maconochiei

Synonymy: None Distribution: Northwestern Northern Territory, Australia, with one population in the Cox Peninsula area west of Darwin, and a very large disjunct population south of the Daly River and towards the coast
Common name: C. maconochei ssp. lanata: Malakmalak Ab.—walangkirrik; Matngala Ab.—turtur; Ngan'gikurunggurr and Ngan'giwumirri Ab.—yerrsya (plant), misya (seeds). C. maconochei ssp. maconochei: Batjamal Ab.—tjuntuju; Emi Ab.—marra; Tiwi Ab.—minta (female plant), kwaka (seeds). Source: M. Bonta & R. Osborne, Cycads in the Vernacular. Conservation status: Not threatened

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