Macrozamia

Macrozamia is a genus of 38-40 species of cycads, in the family Zamiaceae, endemic to Australia. The majority of the species occur in eastern Australia in southeast Queensland and New South Wales, with one species in the Macdonnell Ranges of Northern Territory and three in southern Western Australia. The common name Burrawang, originally referring to Macrozamia communis in the Daruk Australian Aboriginal language, is often used for all the species in the genus.


Species
Macrozamia cardiacensis. It is endemic to Australia.

Macrozamia communis is an Australian cycad found on the east coast of New South Wales. The common name for the species is burrawang, a word derived from the Daruk Australian Aboriginal language; this name is also often applied to other species of Macrozamia.
The burrawang has the most extensive distribution of any cycad in New South Wales and is found along the coast from the district around Armidale, New South Wales to Bega 700 km south and on the coastal slopes of the Great Dividing Range with some instances on the inland slopes of the range; as far west as the Mudgee district. It is most abundant on the south coast of the state.

Macrozamia concinna. It is endemic to Australia.

Macrozamia conferta. It is endemic to Australia.

Macrozamia cranei. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Macrozamia crassifolia. Australia.

Macrozamia denisoni - southeast Queensland

Macrozamia fearnsidei - southeast Queensland

Macrozamia fraseri - southwestern Western Australia

Macrozamia occidua - southeast Queensland

Macrozamia parcifolia - southeast Queensland

Macrozamia flexuosa - New South Wales

Macrozamia macleayi - New South Wales

Macrozamia miquelii - southeast and central Queensland

Macrozamia montana - New South Wales

Macrozamia glaucophylla - New South Wales

Macrozamia heteromera - New South Wales

Macrozamia humilis - New South Wales

Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi - southeast Queensland, northeast New South Wales

Macrozamia platyrachis - southeast Queensland

Macrozamia johnsonii - New South Wales

Macrozamia longispina - southeast Queensland

Macrozamia lucida - southeast Queensland

Macrozamia macdonnellii - Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory

Macrozamia lomandroides - southeast Queensland

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