familyZamiaceae
genusZamia

Zamia

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl., ed. 2 2: 659. 1762.

Etymology: Derivation equivocal, perhaps from misreading of Latin azania, a kind of pine cone, or from Latin zamia, loss, from the "sterile appearance" of the pollen cones
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Stems often branched, subterranean to aboveground. Leaves broadly oblongelliptic; leaflets entire to coarsely dentate, without midribs, venation dichotomous but appearing parallel. Cones distinctly peduncled. Pollen cones more slender than seed-cones. x = 8.

Distribution

Subtropics and tropics, North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.

Discussion

Species ca. 30 (1 in the flora).

Lower Taxa

... more about "Zamia"
Garrie P. Landry +
Linnaeus +
Subtropics and tropics +, North America +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America. +
Derivation equivocal, perhaps from misreading of Latin azania, a kind of pine cone, or from Latin zamia, loss, from the "sterile appearance" of the pollen cones +
Sp. Pl., ed. 2 +
duncan1979a +, eckenwalder1980a +, eckenwalder1980b +, hardin1971a +, kral1983a +, landry1980a +, stevenson1987a +, stevenson1987b +  and ward-a +
Zamiaceae +