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Zamia
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
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Zamia integrifolia Ginkgo biloba | John Myers John Myers |
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).
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exposed +
peduncled +
disintegrating +
axillary +
terminal +
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 +
hardened +
compound +
clustered +
oblongelliptic +
dichotomous +
dentate +
parallel +
entire to coarsely +
crowded +
small +
colored +
fleshy +
not winged +
more slender +
spheric +
Sp. Pl., ed. 2 +
1762 +
unarmed +
absent +
developing +
coral-like +
small +
persistent +
nearly globose;ovoid tapering sharply or blunt +
angular +
peltate +
expanded +
thickened +
leathery +
branched +
stout +
subterranean;aboveground +
leathery +
cylindric +
fleshy +
Zamia +
Zamiaceae +
genus +
dioecious +
fernlike +