Macrozamia miquelii (F.Muell.) A.DC. APNI* 
Description: Trunk mostly subterranean, sometimes forming an aerial trunk to 1 m high, 20–50 cm diam.
Leaves 50–100 in the crown, 60–200 cm long, rachis not twisted; pinnae 70–160, simple, thin and rather lax, shining above, longest 17–35 cm long, 4–11 mm wide, crowded; 2 or 3, occasionally up to 15, of the lowest pinnae reduced to spines; spine-free petiole 12–60 cm long.
Male cones 15–35 cm long, 4–7 cm diam., longest spines 1–2.5 cm long. Female cones 20–40 cm long, 7–13 cm diam., longest spines 2–3.5 cm long; seeds 25–35 mm long, 18–30 mm diam., orange to red when ripe.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on low flat ground between upper Richmond R. and Clarence R.; rare. Sclerophyll forests on poorer soils.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by L. Murray
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 Suppl. (1999)
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