Editing Macrozamia moorei

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[[File:Macrozamia_moorei.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''M. moorei'']]
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Mentioned initially under the name
''Encephalartos'' (as a sub-genus) this
species was classified in 1883 as
''Macrozamia moorei'' by F.M. Bailey in
'The Queensland Flora'.
It is easy to see why it was mistaken for
''Encephalartos'' when one views it in a
natural habitat. 

This palm-like cycad
occurs west of Rockhampton around
Emerald and Springsure district, south
past Rolleston to Injune and west in and
around Carnarvon Gorge. Another reported
occurrence is the Clarence River district
of New South Wales where it grows in
forest at the edge of rainforest near the
upper Richmond River. In Carnarvon
Gorge, ''M. moorei'' dominates the scene
from the entrance gates to the National
Park, throughout the established camping
areas along the winding creek and up both
sides of the sloping gorge to the sheer
cliffs. Even the other dominant species in
the area, an undescribed palm of the genus
''Livistona'', takes second place to the
grandeur that is this cycad.

The largest specimens I have seen in the
Gorge stand like sentinel gate posts either
side of the walking track. These were easily
four metres high at the apex of the trunk
without the added height of the up-curving
blue-green fronds which were up to
180cm in length. Many ''Macrozamia''
species do not have above ground trunks
but this is not the case in ''M. moorei'' which
has an extremely stout caudex in the
mature plant up to 80cm in diameter and
with leafbases defined by persistent
remnants.
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[[File:Macrozamia_moorei07.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''M. moorei'' male cones]]
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[[File:Macrozamia_moorei03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''M. moorei'' old mature female cone.]]
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[[File:Macrozamia_moorei05.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''M. moorei'' in habitat]]
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[[File:Macrozamia_moorei06.jpg|frame|Figure 5. As above.]]
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[[File:Macrozamia_moorei04.jpg|frame|Figure 6. Old trunk.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Len Butt (Text - from '''PALMS&CYCADS''', No 40, Oct - Dec 1993).<br/>
Chris Gray (Figure 1,2,3,4,5,6)


===External Links:===
[https://www.cycadlist.org/taxon.php?Taxon_ID=406 World List], 
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/42014/0 IUCN],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Macrozamia+moorei JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Macrozamia+moorei Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Macrozamia+moorei%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Macrozamia+moorei%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Macrozamia+moorei Flickr],
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[[Category:Macrozamia|moorei]]
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