''Macrozamia moorei'' is a cycad in the family Zamiaceae, native to Queensland (

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

). The species was described by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

in 1881, naming it after Charles Moore (1820–1905), director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

Description

''Macrozamia moorei'' is the tallest-growing species of ''Macrozamia'', growing to tall with a trunk 50–80 cm diameter. It has keeled

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

up to long, with short petioles bearing numerous spines, and 120–220 leaflets, each leaflet 20–35 cm long and 5–10 mm broad. ;Cultivation The plant is cultivated by specialty plant nurseries as an ornamental plant.

Gallery

Image:Macrozamia moorei02.jpg, ''Macrozamia moorei'' - Pollen cone

References

* Jones, David L. ''Cycads of the world.'' Australia, Reed Books (1993). * Harden, Gwen J. '' Flora of New South Wales.'' Kensington, NSW (Australia), New South Wales University Press (1990).

External links

The Cycad Pages: ''Macrozamia moorei''

moorei Flora of Queensland Cycadophyta of Australia Endemic flora of Australia Least concern flora of Australia Least concern biota of Queensland Garden plants of Australia Plants described in 1881 Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller {{Australia-plant-stub