Author: |
A.L.P Pyramus de Candolle, 1869
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Family: |
ZAMIACEAE |
Origin: |
East Australia |
Soil: |
Rich -
Grit |
Water:
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Minimum - Maximum |
Sun: |
Minimum - Maximum |
Thickness: |
50
Centimetres |
Height: |
2
Meters |
Flower:
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Brown |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
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Synonyms: |
Encephalartos miquelii, F.Muell. 1862. Macrozamia
mackenzii Hort. ex Masters.
Macrozamia elegantissima, W.Bull.
Macrozamia spiralis var. cylindrica, Regel.
Macrozamia spiralis var. cylindrica, Maiden & Betche.
Macrozamia tridentata subsp. cylindrica, J.Schust.
Macrozamia tridentata var. mackenzii, J.Schust.
Macrozamia tridentata f. milkaui, J.Schust..
Macrozamia tridentata var. miquelii, J.Schust..
Macrozamia tridentata f. oblongifolia, J.Schust.
Macrozamia tridentata var. oblongifolia, Regel.
Zamia miquelii, Regel.
Zamia occidentalis, Lodd. ex Miq.
Zamia unidentata, Miq. |
This member of the
Zamiaceae family was given this name by Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle in
1869. It grows in the costal parts of southern Queensland and northern New South
Wales in all from a rich soil to grit, almost in swamp to dry rocks,
shadow or full sun (sounds easy!). The caudex can grow up to half a
meter in diameter, the stems reach for two meters.
The genera name from Latin
macro; 'big' and Zamia, another genus in the family. The
species is named after Dutch medical practitioner and botanist F.A.W. Miquel.
Sub-family: Encephalartoideae.
Tribe:
Encephalarteae. Sub-tribe:
Macrozamiinae.
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