MACROZAMIA MIQUELII
Author:
A.L.P Pyramus de Candolle, 1869
Family:
ZAMIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
A.DC. In: Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2): 535. (1868).
Collection number:
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Thickness:
50 Centimetres
Height:
2 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
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.
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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 n amed after Dutch medical practitioner and botanist F.A.W. Miquel. Sub-family: Encephalartoideae. Tribe: Encephalarteae. Sub-tribe: Macrozamiinae.
Flower
Brown
Soil
Rich - Grit
Water
Minimum - Maximum
Sun
Minimum - Maximum
