''Lepidozamia hopei'' is a species of

cycad Cycads are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants of a species are either male o ...

in the family

Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia and North and South America ...

. Its English common name is Hope's cycad. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to the Australian state of

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

. It is the largest known species of cycad. The largest examples have been over tall and have had a circumference of . File:Lepidozamia Hopei DSC 0233 - 400pix.jpg File:Lepidozamia hopei 2.JPG File:Lepidozamia hopei.jpg

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* * hopei Endemic flora of Australia Flora of Queensland Cycadophyta of Australia Least concern biota of Queensland Least concern flora of Australia Taxa named by Eduard August von Regel Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Australia-plant-stub