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Palms, Cycads and tree-like monocots

Palms, Cycads and tree-like monocots

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Palms, Cycads and tree-like monocots

Palms
Screw pines, pandans
Grass-trees
Other tree-like monocots
Cycads

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:
Yesterday
I was also wondering whether it may be Lepidozamia peroffskyana?
Macrozamia communis
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
30 May 2025
One of the fan palms ... ... ... (not Pandanus) .
Livistona sp.
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
25 May 2025
I hunted for and spotted Macrozamia communis in category: Plants – sub-category: Other Shrubs
– including clicked the button: ? Can't find it
– resulting in the global other shrubs plants' species list with this species.

NatureMapr records do not have Macrozamia communis yet sighted in the NSW North Coast region.
Hence your record may become the first – if and when this identification gets confirmed by us all.

PS. I am not the person to confirm this as I am not familiar with the many Macrozamia spp. in NSW and Qld.
I have the skills and 35+ years experiences, to identify Au plants in general from photographically shown botanical diagnostic features, but obviously not personal familiarity with everything eastern Au plants (circa 15,000 spp. – including >12,000 spp. in Qld alone),
which is humanly impossible.

Good Sunday arvo ! :)
Macrozamia communis
marcycad wrote:
28 Apr 2025
There are several species that occur in this region, including: X. minor minor, X. macronema, X. fulva, X. resinosa, X. latifolia, X. media, X. malacophylla, X. johnsonii, and X. glauca, the leaf colour does appear to give a glaucous hue, but this may not be the true plant colour on account of camera settings and light levels. This would be southernmost limit for both X. johnsonii and X. malacophylla, and northern most distribution for X. resinosa. The structure does not support either X. minor or X. macronema, there is a lack of any relevant detail or the presence of a flower spike, which would assist to determine to species level, it remains is inconclusive as to the species. Incidentally, Xanthorrhoea media subsp. latifolia does not exist and is an obsolete synonym for X. media and is no longer in use.
Xanthorrhoea (genus)
MartinPredavec wrote:
26 Apr 2025
@Tapirlord -thankyou. The BCT survey of our property includes Xanthorrhoea media in the species list. The vegetation mapping for the area (Lower Hunter, Cessnock LGA Vegetation) includes Xanthorrhoea latifolia (Xanthorrhoea media spp. latifolia). I'm not sure why, but I can't bring up that species in the ID list.
Xanthorrhoea (genus)

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