Macrozamia secunda

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Family Zamiaceae

Taxonomy: Macrozamia secunda (Benth.) C.Moore

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Macrozamia secunda (Benth.) C.Moore var. secunda (nomenclatural synonym)
Macrozamia spiralis var. secunda (Benth.) Maiden & Betche (nomenclatural synonym)
Macrozamia spiralis var. secunda Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Macrozamia tridentata var. secunda (Benth.) J.Schust. (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 (19), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 59 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): 200 mm (150-250 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 80 mm (70-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 510 mm (80-800 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 10 cm (5-15 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); cam (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): non_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): barochory (1); epizoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1); mammals (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyynnnn (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): 27.5 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 21 mm (17-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): sharp_pointed_defence (1) [sources: White_2020]

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/.
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.
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.