Changes

3,590 bytes added ,  11:48, 21 October 2007
no edit summary
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Macrozamia''
| image = Burrawang1.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Macrozamia communis''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Cycad]]ophyta
| classis = [[Cycad]]opsida
| ordo = [[Cycad]]ales
| familia = [[Zamiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Macrozamia '''''
| genus_authority = [[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miq.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}

'''''Macrozamia''''' is a genus of 38-40 species of [[cycad]]s, in the family [[Zamiaceae]], [[endemic (ecology)|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 [[Dharuk language|Daruk Australian Aboriginal language]], is often used for all the species in the genus.

;Species
*''[[Macrozamia cardiacensis]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia communis]]'' - east coast of New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia concinna]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia conferta]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia cranei]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia crassifolia]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia denisoni]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia diplomera]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia douglasii]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia dyeri]]'' - southern coast of Western Australia
*''[[Macrozamia elegans]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia fawcettii]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia fearnsidei]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia flexuosa]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia fraseri]]'' - southwestern Western Australia
*''[[Macrozamia glaucophylla]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia heteromera]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia humilis]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia johnsonii]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia lomandroides]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia longispina]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia lucida]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia macdonnellii]]'' - Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory
*''[[Macrozamia macleayi]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia miquelii]]'' - southeast and central Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia montana]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia moorei]]'' - southeast and central Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia mountperriensis]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia occidua]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia parcifolia]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi]]'' - southeast Queensland, northeast New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia platyrachis]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia plurinervia]]'' - southeast Queensland, northeast New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia polymorpha]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia reducta]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia riedlei]]'' - southwestern Western Australia
*''[[Macrozamia secunda]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia serpentina]]'' - southeast Queensland
*''[[Macrozamia spiralis]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia stenomera]]'' - New South Wales
*''[[Macrozamia viridis]]'' - southeast Queensland

== External links ==
*[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/PlantNet/cycad/mackey.html The Cycad Pages: ''Macrozamia'']
*[http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/m-comm.html About ''Macrozamia communis'']
*[http://uk.reuters.com/article/airNews/idUKN0438081220071004 Primitive plants have hot, stinky sex], ''Reuters (Oct 4, 2007)''

[[Category:Cycads]]
[[Category:Flora of Australia]]
7,617

edits