Macrozamia
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Macrozamia is a genus of 38-40 species of cycad
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
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. 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.

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

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