Macrozamia elegans
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Family Zamiaceae
Taxonomy: Macrozamia elegans K.D.Hill & D.L.Jones
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (13), Chen_2017 (1), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 37 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 240 mm (240-240 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 115 mm (115-115 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1041.25 mm (220-1500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 11.5 mm (9-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 27.5 cm (20-35 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_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]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 31 mm (30-32 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 25 mm (24-26 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 11 | 18 | 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 | 9 | 13 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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. |
| 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. |