Macrozamia diplomera (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson APNI* 
Description: Stem mostly subterranean, 20–40 cm diam.
Leaves to 50 in the crown, 60–120 cm long, rachis not twisted; pinnae 70–120, most dichotomously once-divided, 15–20 cm long, 5–10 mm wide, with 6–13 raised veins beneath, the segments 2.5–5 mm wide with 3–7 raised veins, several of the lowest pinnae progressively reduced and spine-like; petiole 10–20 cm long.
Male and female cones similar to the smaller cones of M. communis.
Distribution and occurrence: In dry sclerophyll forest on sandy soils; southern part of NWS, mainly from Bugaldie district to Premer Dry sclerophyll forest on sandy or stony soils.
NSW subdivisions: NWS
Text by L. Murray
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 Suppl. (1999)
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