The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ By the Hampshire end of April I sent (freight here paid) a large stem of Macrozamia Moorei from Queensland ( ¶ ♀ ¶ pl.) If plunged into bottom heat, it would make new roots, though perhaps only af...

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Physical location:

RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 303. 81.05.00b

Plant names

Encephalartos
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Macrozamia Moorei
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to [William Thiselton-Dyer] , 1881-05 [81.05.00b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/81-05-00b>, accessed June 23, 2025

The approximate date of May 1881, and conjectured correspondent, are based upon the departure of Hampshire from Melbourne on 29 April 1881 (Argus, 30 April 1881, p. 6), and the recorded arrival at Kew in August 1881 of a ‘Large stem of Macrozamia ( ) Mooreana' (RBG Kew, Kewensia, Kew Inwards book, 1878-83, entry 293, p. 326), together with Thiselton-Dyer’s interest in cycads at this period.

By the Hampshire end of April I sent (freight here paid) a large stem of from Queensland (♀ pl.) If plunged into bottom heat, it would make new roots, though perhaps only after a long time. Indeed I had S African species dormant for four years, when suddenly they burst into leaves.