Lepidozamia

Lepidozamia
	Lepidozamia peroffskyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Cycadophyta
Class:	Cycadopsida
Order:	Cycadales
Family:	Zamiaceae
Subfamily:	Encephalartoideae
Tribe:	Encephalarteae
Subtribe:	Macrozamiinae
Genus:	Lepidozamia; Regel
Type species
	Lepidozamia peroffskyana; Regel
Synonyms
	Catakidozamia W.Hill;

Lepidozamia is a genus of two species of cycad, both endemic to Australia.^[1] They are native to rainforest climates in eastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales. They have a 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]

L. hopei (Hill ) Regel

	Macrozamia fawcettii Moore

	L. peroffskyana Regel

Image	Scientific name	Distribution	Leaf	Cone
	Lepidozamia hopei (W.Hill) Regel	northern Queensland
	Lepidozamia peroffskyana Regel	southeastern Queensland, northeastern New South Wales

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 Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden in 1857.

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ "λεπίς". Wiktionary.
^ Stull, Gregory W.; Qu, Xiao-Jian; Parins-Fukuchi, Caroline; Yang, Ying-Ying; Yang, Jun-Bo; Yang, Zhi-Yun; Hu, Yi; Ma, Hong; Soltis, Pamela S.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Li, De-Zhu; Smith, Stephen A.; Yi, Ting-Shuang; et al. (2021). "Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms". Nature Plants. 7 (8): 1015–1025. bioRxiv 10.1101/2021.03.13.435279. doi:10.1038/s41477-021-00964-4. PMID 34282286. S2CID 232282918.
^ Stull, Gregory W.; et al. (2021). "main.dated.supermatrix.tree.T9.tre". Figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14547354.v1. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

The Cycad Pages: Lepidozamia
Whitelock, Loran M. (2002). The Cycads. Timber Press. ISBN 9780881925227. OCLC 918275864.
"Lepidozamia Regel". Atlas of Living Australia.

[tabby-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] "λεπίς". Wiktionary.

[3] Stull, Gregory W.; Qu, Xiao-Jian; Parins-Fukuchi, Caroline; Yang, Ying-Ying; Yang, Jun-Bo; Yang, Zhi-Yun; Hu, Yi; Ma, Hong; Soltis, Pamela S.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Li, De-Zhu; Smith, Stephen A.; Yi, Ting-Shuang; et al. (2021). "Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms". Nature Plants. 7 (8): 1015–1025. bioRxiv 10.1101/2021.03.13.435279. doi:10.1038/s41477-021-00964-4. PMID 34282286. S2CID 232282918.

[4] Stull, Gregory W.; et al. (2021). "main.dated.supermatrix.tree.T9.tre". Figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14547354.v1. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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