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Macrozamia Miq.

Macrozamia (en)

Genus

Gymnosperms > Cycadales > Zamiaceae

Characteristics

Stem subterranean or erect, with few to many leaves. Pinnae simple or dichotomously divided, with numerous parallel veins and no distinct midrib, inserted near the edges of the rachis towards the adaxial side, often with a paler or differently coloured basal gland; stomata on lower surface only or on both surfaces; epidermal cells elongated parallel to long axes of pinnae. Cones stalked; sporophylls spiniferous.
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Large plants with 12-150 leaves in the crown; rachis not spirally twisted; veins visible but thin and not or scarcely raised on the lower surface when dry; mucilage canals present in pinnae; lower pinnae reduced to spines (not reduced in M. mountperriensis and M. longispina ).
Small plants with 2-15 leaves (rarely to 40 in M. lucida ); veins thick and prominent on lower surface, especially when dry; mucilage canals not present in pinnae; lower pinnae not reduced to spines.
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Nitrogen fixer nostocaceae
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Images

Macrozamia unspecified picture

Distribution

Macrozamia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13529-1
WFO ID wfo-4000022805
COL ID 5JSQ
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Synonyms

Macrozamia

Lower taxons

Macrozamia douglasii Macrozamia diplomera Macrozamia polymorpha Macrozamia plurinervia Macrozamia platyrhachis Macrozamia parcifolia Macrozamia stenomera Macrozamia spiralis Macrozamia serpentina Macrozamia lucida Macrozamia flexuosa Macrozamia fearnsidei Macrozamia fawcettii Macrozamia heteromera Macrozamia macdonnellii Macrozamia riedlei Macrozamia reducta Macrozamia occidua Macrozamia mountperriensis Macrozamia miquelii Macrozamia macleayi Macrozamia machinii Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi Macrozamia viridis Macrozamia secunda Macrozamia dyeri Macrozamia cardiacensis Macrozamia elegans Macrozamia lomandroides Macrozamia johnsonii Macrozamia humilis Macrozamia glaucophylla Macrozamia longispina Macrozamia crassifolia Macrozamia cranei Macrozamia conferta Macrozamia concinna Macrozamia communis Macrozamia fraseri Macrozamia moorei Macrozamia montana
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