Macrozamia macdonnellii

Macrozamia macdonnellii, common name MacDonnell Ranges Cycad, is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae.[2] It is endemic to the Northern Territory, Australia.[1][2]

Macrozamia macdonnellii
Macrozamia macdonnellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Macrozamia
Species:
M. macdonnellii
Binomial name
Macrozamia macdonnellii
Occurrence data from AVH

Macrozamia macdonnellii is not eaten by the Arrernte people of the Macdonnell Ranges due to the extensive process of toxin leaching that is required.

Description

Macrozamia macdonnellii has large, frond-like pinnate bluish-green leaves which radiate from the top of a stocky trunk. The male and female reproductive cones are on separate plants, with the female cone being broader than the male and partially enclosing seeds the size of an egg which have a bright red outer layer (sarcotesta).[2]

Taxonomy

It was first named Encephalartos macdonnellii by Ferdinand von Mueller, and published by Miquel in Over de Cycadeen in Nieuw-Holland. Verslagen en Mededeelingen van de afdeeling Natuurkunde in 1863.[5][6] In 1868, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle reassigned it to the genus,Macrozamia, thereby giving it the name, Macrozamia macdonnellii.[3][4]

References
  1. Hill, K.D. 2003. Macrozamia macdonnellii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  2. FloraNT Northern Territory Flora online: Macrozamia macdonnellii. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "Macrozamia macdonnellii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (1868) in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) Cycadaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 16(2): 537. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. "Encephalartos macdonnellii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. Miquel, F.A.W. (1863) Over de Cycadeen in Nieuw-Holland. Verslagen en Mededeelingen van de afdeeling Natuurkunde, Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 15: 376.


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