Macrozamia conferta
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Family Zamiaceae
Taxonomy: Macrozamia conferta D.L.Jones & P.I.Forst.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (15), Chen_2017 (1), SPRAT_2025_2 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 32 records in 6 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: SPRAT_2025_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 90 mm (60-120 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- fruit_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (35-60 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 475 mm (350-600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 14 cm (7-21 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): basal_large (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (20-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 18 mm (16-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.48 m (0.35-0.6 m) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 10 | 15 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 9 | 12 | F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ABRS_2022 | 1 | 1 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |