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Cycas maconochiei subs. viridis K.D.Hill
Telopea 7(1): 51 (1996).
Family: CYCADACEAE

Cycas maconochiei subs. viridis Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
Habit at: Cycad International, Cycad Specialty Export nursery, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cycas maconochiei subs. viridis K.D.Hill
Telopea 7(1): 51 (1996).

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cycas maconochiei Chirgwin & K.D.Hill
Telopea 7: 48 (1996)
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cycas maconochiei subs. lanata K.D.Hill
Telopea 7(1): 49 (1996)

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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cycas maconochiei group

  • In habitat.Cycas maconochiei Chirgwin & K.D.Hill: (subsp. maconochiei) differs in the dull, flatter and more widely spaced leaflets, and the less densely tomentose cataphylls. Leaflets 5.5-7.0 mm wide, flat, margins slightly recurved, spaced at 8-10 mm on rachis (tomentum on leaves persistent light orange-brown or paler). Distribution: between Fog Bay and Port Darwin, to the southwest of Darwin, Northwest of Northern Territory, Australia.
  • Cycas maconochiei subs. lanata K.D.Hill: the epithet is from the Latin lanatus, woolly, in reference to the densely tomentose cataphylls. Leaflets 3.5-5.5 mm wide, somewhat keeled, margins strongly recurved, spaced at 5-7 mm on rachis (tomentum on leaves persistent dark red-brown). Distribution: northern Wingate Mountains and adjacent plains country to the north and west, extending to the coast north of Peppimenarti, and west almost to Port Keats, Northern Territory, Australia.
  • Cycas maconochiei subs. viridis K.D.Hill: is distinguished by the relatively broad, glossy green leaflets, becoming glabrous when older, with recurved margins, and the thickly woolly cataphylls (tomentum on leaves not persistent). Distribution: only from around Fossil Head, Northern Territory, Australia.

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- Fronds at: Cycad International, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
21781 josef Josef Cycad Perner
- New emerging leaves at: Cycad International, Cycad Specialty Export nursery, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner


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