Macrozamia
Encyclopedia
Macrozamia is a genus of 38-40 species of cycad
s, in the family Zamiaceae
, endemic
to Australia
. The majority of the species occur in eastern Australia in southeast Queensland
and New South Wales
, with one species in the Macdonnell Ranges
of Northern Territory
and three in southern Western Australia
.
The common name Burrawang, originally referring to M. communis in the Daruk Australian Aboriginal language
, is often used for all the species in the genus.
Species
Cycad
Cycads are seed plants typically characterized by a stout and woody trunk with a crown of large, hard and stiff, evergreen leaves. They usually have pinnate leaves. The individual plants are either all male or all female . Cycads vary in size from having a trunk that is only a few centimeters...
s, in the family Zamiaceae
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 warm temperate regions of Africa, Australia and North and South America....
, endemic
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The majority of the species occur in eastern Australia in southeast Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
and New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, with one species in the Macdonnell Ranges
MacDonnell Ranges
The MacDonnell Ranges of the Northern Territory, are a long series of mountain ranges located in the centre of Australia , and consist of parallel ridges running to the east and west of Alice Springs...
of Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
and three in southern Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
The common name Burrawang, originally referring to M. communis in the Daruk Australian Aboriginal language
Dharuk language
The Sydney language, also referred to as Dharug or Iyora, is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Yuin–Kuric group that was spoken in the region of Sydney, New South Wales...
, is often used for all the species in the genus.
- Macrozamia cardiacensisMacrozamia cardiacensisMacrozamia cardiacensis is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia communisMacrozamia communisMacrozamia communis is an Australian cycad found on the east coast of New South Wales. The common name for the species is burrawang, a word derived from the Daruk Australian Aboriginal language; this name is also often applied to other species of Macrozamia.The burrawang has the most extensive...
- east coast of New South Wales - Macrozamia concinnaMacrozamia concinnaMacrozamia concinna is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia confertaMacrozamia confertaMacrozamia conferta is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia craneiMacrozamia craneiMacrozamia cranei is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia crassifoliaMacrozamia crassifoliaMacrozamia crassifolia is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia denisoni - southeast Queensland
- Macrozamia diplomeraMacrozamia diplomeraMacrozamia diplomera is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia douglasiiMacrozamia douglasiiMacrozamia douglasii is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia dyeriMacrozamia dyeriMacrozamia dyeri is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Western Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southern coast of Western Australia - Macrozamia elegansMacrozamia elegansMacrozamia elegans is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia fawcettiiMacrozamia fawcettiiMacrozamia fawcettii is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia fearnsideiMacrozamia fearnsideiMacrozamia fearnsidei is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia flexuosaMacrozamia flexuosaMacrozamia flexuosa is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia fraseriMacrozamia fraseriMacrozamia fraseri is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to the south west of Western Australia, and restricted largely to the sandy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain and Geraldton Sandplains...
- southwestern Western Australia - Macrozamia glaucophyllaMacrozamia glaucophyllaMacrozamia glaucophylla is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia heteromeraMacrozamia heteromeraMacrozamia heteromera is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia humilisMacrozamia humilisMacrozamia humilis is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia johnsoniiMacrozamia johnsoniiMacrozamia johnsonii is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales
- Macrozamia lomandroidesMacrozamia lomandroidesMacrozamia lomandroides is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia longispinaMacrozamia longispinaMacrozamia longispina is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia lucidaMacrozamia lucidaMacrozamia lucida is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Distribution and habitat:This specie is found in Southern Queensland, from around Brisbane north to Nambour, in coastal wet sclerophyll forest.-References:...
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia macdonnelliiMacrozamia macdonnelliiMacrozamia macdonnellii is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.Macrozamia macdonnellii is not eaten by the Arrernte people of the Macdonnell Ranges due to the extensive process of toxin leaching that is required....
- Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory - Macrozamia macleayi - New South Wales
- Macrozamia miqueliiMacrozamia miqueliiMacrozamia miquelii is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast and central Queensland - Macrozamia montanaMacrozamia montanaMacrozamia montana is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia mooreiMacrozamia mooreiMacrozamia moorei is a cycad in the family Zamiaceae, native to Queensland .The species was described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1881, naming it after Charles Moore , director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.-Description:...
- southeast and central Queensland - Macrozamia mountperriensisMacrozamia mountperriensisMacrozamia mountperriensis is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia occiduaMacrozamia occiduaMacrozamia occidua is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia parcifoliaMacrozamia parcifoliaMacrozamia parcifolia is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland - Macrozamia pauli-guilielmiMacrozamia pauli-guilielmiMacrozamia pauli-guilielmi is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland, northeast New South Wales - Macrozamia platyrachis - southeast Queensland
- Macrozamia plurinerviaMacrozamia plurinerviaMacrozamia plurinervia is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland, northeast New South Wales - Macrozamia polymorphaMacrozamia polymorphaMacrozamia polymorpha is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia reductaMacrozamia reductaMacrozamia reducta is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia riedleiMacrozamia riedleiMacrozamia riedlei is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Western Australia.Found on lateritic soils and in Jarrah forests....
- southwestern Western Australia - Macrozamia secundaMacrozamia secundaMacrozamia secunda is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia serpentina - southeast Queensland
- Macrozamia spiralisMacrozamia spiralisMacrozamia spiralis is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales in eastern Australia.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia stenomeraMacrozamia stenomeraMacrozamia stenomera is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.-References:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- New South Wales - Macrozamia viridisMacrozamia viridisMacrozamia viridis is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Hill, K.D. 2003. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- southeast Queensland
External links
- The Cycad Pages: Macrozamia
- About Macrozamia communis
- Primitive plants have hot, stinky sex, Reuters (Oct 4, 2007)