Accession Data
Lepidozamia peroffskyana
Common Name: Palmfern
Family: Zamiaceae
Country of Origin: SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Description: [syn. Macrozamia Denisonii C. Moore & F.J. Muell.; Macrozamia Peroffskyana (Regel) Miq.]
Trunk to 20 feet or more, clothed with persistent leaf bases; leaves to 10 feet long, pinnae 200 or more, 4-12 inches long, to 1/2 inch wide, glossy above, broadly linear, recurved; male cones subcylindrical and more or less twisted, to 2 feet long, female cones ovoid, to 32 inches long, 12 inches in diameter; seed red when ripe.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9b-11
Accession #: 199600033
Accession Date: 1996-12-12 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1218
Quantity: 1
Source: Chiltern
Classification
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Subclass: Cycadidae
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
SubFamily: Encephalartoideae
Tribe: Encephalarteae
SubTribe: Macrozamiinae
References
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- Lepidozamia peroffskyana at Palm & Cycad Society of Australia. Last accessed on Monday, June 27, 2016.
- Lepidozamia peroffskyana at The Gymnosperm Database. Last accessed on Monday, June 27, 2016.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, June 27, 2016.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, June 27, 2016.
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