Etymology:
From the genus Lomandra and the Latin termination -oides, resembling, from the perceived resemblance of a plant of this species to a clump of the Australian monocot genus Lomandra.
Historical notes: Distinguishing features: Most similar to M. platyrhachis, distinguished by the narrower and more erect rachis, and narrower leaflets. Distribution and habitat: Central-eastern Queensland, a relatively restricted area south of Bundaberg and east of Childers. Usually in dense colonies in sclerophyll forests on sandy soils. Conservation status: Known only from a few stands, not well conserved and under significant threat from habitat destruction. (IUCN Red List category VU; ROTAP category 2V-). Gazetted as a Rare or Threatened Plant under Queensland Nature Conservation legislation. 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants category E. Description:
Plants acaulescent, stem 10-17 cm diam. Leaves 2-6 in crown, bright green, semiglossy to dull, 30-80 cm long, moderately keeled, with 50-90 leaflets; rachis strongly spirally twisted, straight, stiff or recurved, arching stiffly downwards; petiole 6-14 cm long, straight or recurved, unarmed, 10-14 mm wide at lowest leaflets; basal leaflets not reducing to spines. Leaflets simple, strongly discolorous; margins flat; apex dentate, not spinescent; median leaflets 200-300 mm long, 9-14 mm wide. Pollen cones fusiform, 12-15 cm long, 4-5 cm diam.; microsporophyll lamina 12-18 mm long, 10-12 mm wide; apical spine 0-8 mm long. Seed cones ovoid, 12-18 cm long, 7-9 cm diam.; stipe 7-10 mm long, megasporophyll with an expanded peltate apex 25-35 mm wide, 14-18 mm high; apical spine 0-30 mm long. Seeds ovoid, 22-26 mm long, 18-22 mm wide; sarcotesta red.
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