Lepidozamia peroffskyana

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Family Zamiaceae

Taxonomy: Lepidozamia peroffskyana Regel

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Encephalartos denisonii (C.Moore & F.Muell.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Lepidozamia denisonii (C.Moore & F.Muell.) Regel (taxonomic synonym)
Lepidozamia peroffkyana Miq. (orthographic variant)
Macrozamia denisonii C.Moore & F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Macrozamia denisonii C.Moore & F.Muell. var. denisonii (taxonomic synonym)
Macrozamia peroffskyana (Regel) Miq. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), Chen_2017 (1), Clarke_2015 (2), Cooper_2013 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (19), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 43 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 1800 mm (100-3000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 45 cm (30-60 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (40-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 30 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3.5 m (3-4 m) [sources: ABRS_1981; Cooper_2013]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	11	19	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	7	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_1981	2	3	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Cooper_2013	2	2	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Chen_2017	1	1	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	1	1	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.