Macrozamia moorei
{{Short description|Species of cycad}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Macrozamia moorei01.jpg
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Forster, P. | title = Macrozamia moorei | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2010 | page = e.T42014A10623902 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2010 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42014/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42014A10623902.en | access-date = 9 December 2017| doi-access = free }}
| genus = Macrozamia
| species = moorei
| authority = F. Muell
}}
Macrozamia moorei is a cycad in the family Zamiaceae, native to Queensland (Australia).
The species was described by Ferdinand von Mueller 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 {{convert|7|m|ft}} tall with a trunk 50–80 cm diameter. It has keeled leaves up to {{convert|2.5|m|ft}} 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
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- 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
{{Commons category|Macrozamia moorei}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060307012702/http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/cgi-bin/cycadpg?taxname=Macrozamia+moorei The Cycad Pages: Macrozamia moorei]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927225059/http://www.conifers.org/za/ma/moorei.htm Macrozamia moorei F.Muell.]
- [http://www.pacsoa.org.au/cycads/Macrozamia/moorei.html PACSOA: Macrozamia moorei]
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Category:Cycadophyta of Australia
Category:Endemic flora of Australia
Category:Least concern flora of Australia
Category:Least concern biota of Queensland
Category:Garden plants of Australia
Category:Plants described in 1881
Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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