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Macrozamia diplomera (Jones 1993).

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Distribution of Macrozamia (Jones 1993).

Macrozamia diplomera (F. Muell.) L. Johnson

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Description

"Stem mostly subterranean, 20-40 cm diam. Leaves to 50 in the crown, 60-120 cm long, rachis not twisted; pinnae 70-120, most dichotomously once-divided, 15-20 cm long, 5-10 mm wide, with 6-13 raised veins beneath, the segments 2.5-5 mm wide with 3-7 raised veins, several of the lowest pinnae progressively reduced and spine-like; petiole 10-20 cm long. Male and female cones similar to the smaller cones of M. communis" (Harden 1990).

Range

Australia: NSW. "In dry sclerophyll forest on sandy or stony soils, mainly from Bugaldie district to Premer" (Harden 1990).

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.conifers.org/za/ma/diplomera.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
Last modified on 6-Apr-2001