Macrozamia heteromera
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Family Zamiaceae
Taxonomy: Macrozamia heteromera C.Moore
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Macrozamia heteromera C.Moore f. heteromera (nomenclatural synonym)
- Macrozamia heteromera C.Moore var. heteromera (nomenclatural synonym)
- Macrozamia heteromera f. harmsii J.Schust. (taxonomic synonym)
- Macrozamia spiralis var. heteromera (C.Moore) Maiden & Betche (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (1), ABRS_2023 (15), Chen_2017 (1), NHNSW_2022 (1), NHNSW_2023 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 58 records in 8 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: White_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 175 mm (100-250 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 100 mm (80-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 543.75 mm (100-900 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 5 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 13 cm (5-20 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_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
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- 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]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): birds (1); mammals (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 28 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (20-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 19 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 10 | 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 | 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. |
| 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. |