Lepidozamia peroffskyana
| Lepidozamia peroffskyana | |
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| Lepidozamia peroffskyana growing at Kerikeri, New Zealand. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Family: | Zamiaceae |
| Genus: | Lepidozamia |
| Species: | L. peroffskyana
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidozamia peroffskyana | |
| Synonyms | |
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Macrozamia denisonii, Regel | |
Lepidozamia peroffskyana is a
St. Petersburg Botanical Garden
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Description
Lepidozamia peroffskyana is slow-growing, low maintenance, long-lived cycad that makes a good feature plant in semi-shaded positions or in a container. It grows up to seven metres tall but more usually reaches about four metres. The
coriaceous. Each has seven to thirteen parallel veins which helps to distinguish this species from other members of the genus.[2] The cylindrical cones are some of the largest of all cycad cones, rivalled only by Encephalartos transvenosus.[3] The male cones can reach seventy five centimetres long and the female cones ninety centimetres, weighing up to forty five kilograms.[3] The seeds are large and numerous and have red sarcotesta.[2] All parts of the plant, especially the seeds, are toxic to both livestock and humans; if ingested, the seeds can cause severe gastrointestinal irritation and abdominal cramps, vomiting and nausea, diarrhoea, and potentially also liver damage and muscular paralysis.[4]
Distribution and habitat
This species is found in southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, occurring between Gympie, north of Brisbane and the Manning River near Forster. It grows in scattered small communities in wet sclerophyll forests or on rainforest margins, usually on steep slopes from sea level up to about 1,000 metres.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b The Cycad Pages
- ^ a b Jones, David L. Cycads of the World. (1993) Reed Books.
- ^ Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service: Burrawang palm (Lepidozamia peroffskyana)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lepidozamia peroffskyana.
- "Lepidozamia peroffskyana". The Gymnosperm Database.
- "Lepidozamia peroffskyana Regel". Atlas of Living Australia.