Lepidozamia
| Lepidozamia | |
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| Lepidozamia peroffskyana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Encephalartoideae
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| Tribe: | Encephalarteae |
| Subtribe: | Macrozamiinae |
| Genus: | Lepidozamia Regel[1]
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| Type species | |
| Lepidozamia peroffskyana Regel
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| Synonyms | |
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Lepidozamia is a genus of two species of
diploid chromosome
number of 2n = 18.
Etymology
The name is derived from the Greek word lepis (λεπίς) meaning scale,[2] which refers to the scale-like structure of the stem and leaf bases.
Species
| Phylogeny of Lepidozamia[3][4] | |||||||||||||||
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| Image | Scientific name | Distribution | Leaf | Cone |
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Lepidozamia hopei (W.Hill) Regel | northern Queensland |  |
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Lepidozamia peroffskyana Regel | southeastern Queensland, northeastern New South Wales |  |
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A specimen of L. hopei is known as the tallest living cycad at 17.5 m tall. These cycads are generally unbranched, tall, and with persistent leaf bases. They are easily cultivated as ornamental plants and are relatively cold hardy; L. peroffskyana was first described by a specimen grown at
St. Petersburg
's botanical garden in 1857.
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "λεπίς". Wiktionary.
- S2CID 232282918.
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- The Cycad Pages: Lepidozamia
- Whitelock, Loran M. (2002). The Cycads. Timber Press. OCLC 918275864.
- "Lepidozamia Regel". Atlas of Living Australia.
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