Macrozamia

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Common name:         Burrawang

• 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

• Informal names published in state listing for the genus include 'rickets' in Queensland, a name also used in Western Australia for the symptoms of ingestion of species by cattle, and terms zamia, zamia palm, burrawang palm and djeeri continued to be noted by NSW, QLD and W.A. authors in specific and generic usages

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• Macrozamia is from Greek, macros, large, referring to the related genus Zamia

Cones and seed:                              

• The dioecious plants bear large cones, becoming even larger when ripening on the female, containing reproductive parts of great size

Leaves:         

• Bears a crown of palm-like fronds

Stem & branches: 

• A genus of cycads with partially submerged bole or tree, small to medium height

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A genus of cycads with partially submerged bole or tree, small to medium height, bearing a crown of palm-like fronds

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Distribution:                  

• All species are endemic to Australia

• The greatest diversity of species occurs in eastern Australia, in southeast Queensland and NSW, with one species in the Macdonnell Ranges of Northern Territory and three in the southwest region of Australia

Additional notes:     

• Macrozamia is a genus of around forty species of cycads, family Zamiaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia

• Many parts of the plant have been utilised for food and material, most of which is toxic if not processed correctly

• Taxonomy

  • MacDonnell Ranges cycad (Macrozamia macdonnellii) in Cycad Gorge, Finke Gorge National Park, NT

  • The first description of the genus was published in 1842 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in his Monographia Cycadearum, without designating a type