Lepidozamia peroffskyana

Common name: Palmfern

Family: Zamiaceae

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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.

Uses:

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USDA Zone: 9b-11

Source: Chiltern

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Classification:

• Division: Cycadophyta
• Class: Cycadopsida
• SubClass: Cycadidae
• Order: Cycadales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Zamiaceae
• SubFamily: Encephalartoideae
• Tribe: Encephalarteae
• SubTribe: Macrozamiinae

References:

1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
2. Lepidozamia peroffskyana at Palm & Cycad Society of Australia. Last accessed on Monday, June 27, 2016.
3. Lepidozamia peroffskyana at The Gymnosperm Database. Last accessed on Monday, June 27, 2016.
4. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, June 27, 2016.
5. 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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