Macrozamia lucida

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Family Zamiaceae

Taxonomy: Macrozamia lucida L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): Qld, 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 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 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): 175 mm (150-200 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 82.5 mm (75-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 775 mm (150-1200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (7-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 37.5 cm (25-50 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]
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): 24.25 mm (22-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 19 mm (18-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	9	16	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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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.