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Macrozamia spiralis (illustrated as M. corallipes). From the Botanical Magazine 98, tab. 5943, (1872) (1).

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Distribution of Macrozamia (1).

Macrozamia spiralis (Salisb.) Miquel


Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Description

"Stem mostly subterranean, 8-20 cm diam. Leaves 2-12 in the crown, 60-100 cm long, rachis twisted up to 180°, rarely up to 360°; pinnae 45-120, spreading, simple, longest 12-20 cm long, 5-10 mm wide, rarely glaucous, with 5-10 prominent veins below: petiole 15-40 cm long. Male cones 15-20 cm long, 5-6 cm diam., spines to 1.5 cm long. Female cones 12-20 cm long, 7-9 cm diam., spines to 3 cm long. Seeds 2.5-3 cm long, 2-2.5 cm diam., orange to scarlet.

"[S]pecimens from the Lower Blue Mtns (from Wheeney Creek to the Mellong Ra.) differ in that the plants are larger and have ± glaucous leaves with broader pinnae" (2).

Range

"Chiefly found as scattered, often depauperate plants in dry sclerophyll forest; on the coast and from Dunedoo to the Goulburn R. valley" (2).

Big Tree

Oldest

Ethnobotany

Observations

Seattle's Volunteer Park Conservatory has one.

Remarks

Citations

(1) Jones 1993.
(2) Harden 1990.

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/za/ma/spiralis.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 29-Dec-98

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