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macrozamia

(ˌmækrəʊˈzeɪmɪə)
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(Botany) a member of a this genus of fern-like trees that grow in Australia
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Noun1.macrozamia - any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nutsmacrozamia - any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts; Australia
cycad - any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves
genus Macrozamia - genus of large evergreen Australian cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
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Cycad genera either diversified in the Palaeogene (66-23 MYA), and had two diversification rate shifts, or during the Neogene (23-2.6 MYA), with four rate shifts accounting for each of the four richest genera: Cyacas, Zamia, Encephalartos and Macrozamia (Condamine et al., 2015).
Comparative Biology of Cycad Pollen, Seed and Tissue--A Plant Conservation Perspective
Another burning question: HunterGatherer exploitation of Macrozamia spp.
Atributos dendrometricos, estructura poblacional y diversidad de estadios de Dioon holmgrenii (Cycadales: Zamiaceae)
The understorey was very sparse and comprised scattered Narrow-leafed Geebung Persoonia linearis, Burrawang Macrozamia communis, Willow-leaved Hakea Hakea salicifolia and Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa.
Notes on a record of the White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray, 1842) (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) north of Nowra, New South Wales
Acacia and other leguminous shrubs and forbs, Casuarina, Macrozamia and lichens) and non-symbiotic associations (Gupta et al.
Nitrogen balance in Australia and nitrogen use efficiency on Australian farms
To further reveal the conservation of TAS3-like loci in lower seed plants, we performed PCR amplification of total DNA from Cycadophyta (Cycas revoluta, Strangeria eriupus, Zamia pumila, and Macrozamia miqnolii) using dicot-specific primers P-Tas3, M-Tas3/caa, and M-Tas3/aca [23].
Peculiar evolutionary history of miR390-guided TAS3-like genes in land plants
Geographic variation in reproductive behaviour and size structure of the Australian cycad, Macrozamia communis (Zamiaceae).
Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A.DC. un sobreviviente del pasado amenazado en el presente
The volume is rounded out with another excellent contribution by Asmussen in a series of articles on Cycad and Macrozamia use, this time using the historical record to tease apart the differences in processing and use of seeds between Bowenia, Cycas, Lepidozamia and Macrozamia.
Changing Perspectives in Australian Archaeology: Papers in Honour of Val Attenbrow
Abstract: In 2007 Bonta and Osborne published "Cycads in the vernacular: A compendium of local names" in which they concluded that, in contrast to other cycads around the world, very few names and meanings had been documented for Australian Macrozamia species.
Aboriginal vernacular names of Australian cycads of Macrozamia, Bowenia and Lepidozamia spp.: a response to "Cycads in the vernacular: a compendium of local names"
De Luca P, Sabato S, Balduzzi A, Nazzaro R (1980) Coralloid root regeneration on Macrozamia megagametophytes.
In vitro morphogenesis of Dioon merolae de Luca, Sabato & Vazquez Torres (Zamiaceae, cycadales) from megagametophytes and zygotic embryos/Morfogenesis in vitro de Dioon merolae de Luca, Sabato & Vazquez-Torres (zamiaceae, cycadales) a partir de megagametofitos y embriones cigoticos
These overtopped understorey species such as grass-trees (Xanthorrhoea preissii and Kingia australis), cycads (Macrozamia riedlei) and legumes (Acacia, Bossiaea and Kennedia).
Refining sampling protocols for inventorying invertebrate biodiversity: influence of drift-fence length and pitfall trap diameter on spiders
seed Cupressaceae Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little seed Cycadaceae Macrozamia reidlei (Fisch.
Bioactive crude plant seed extracts from the NCAUR oilseed repository
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