Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Botanical name. Microstrobos comes from two Greek words mikros= small, and strobos= cone, referring to the very small cones. The species name fitzgeraldii honours Robert D. Fitzgerald, (18301892) a botanical artist and orchidologist.
Habitat.
Found on the southerly aspects of sandstone cliffs in the spray zone of
waterfalls between 700900 m above sea level.
Features.
These shrubs grow to a maximum height of 2 m. The age and growth rate is
not known because of the rareness of the species and lack of study. The
male and female cones are found on different trees. The total number of
individuals in the wild is between 250 and 300 and the species has been
placed on the Rare or Threatened Australian Plant (ROTAP) list as endangered.
