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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Zamiaceae |accepted_authority=Horianow |publications= |common_names=Sago-palm Family |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Zamiaceae |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Zamiaceae]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 2 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 347 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism shape;whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>superficially palmlike or fernlike, perennial, evergreen, dioecious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem location;stem location;stem texture;stem fragility or size;stem shape;stem architecture;stem architecture;apex prominence"><b>Stems </b>subterranean with exposed apex or aboveground, fleshy, stout, cylindric, simple or irregularly branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="secondary-root size"><b>Roots </b>with small secondary-roots;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="root shape;root development">corallike roots developing at base of stem at or below soil surface.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf architecture;leaf arrangement or growth form;stem apex texture;stem petiole texture;rachis architecture"><b>Leaves </b>pinnately compound, spirally clustered at stem apex, leathery, petiole and rachis unarmed [with stout spines];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaflet architecture or shape;leaflet architecture or shape;leaflet architecture">leaflets entire or dentate [spinose], venation dichotomous [netted];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="resin canal presence">resin canals absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="cone position;cone position or structure subtype;cone architecture;cone dehiscence"><b>Cones </b>axillary, appearing terminal, short-peduncled [sessile], disintegrating at maturity;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sporophyll arrangement;sporophyll arrangement">sporophylls densely crowded, spirally arranged, often covered with indument.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pollen cone size;pollen cone quantity"><b>Pollen </b>cones soon shed, generally smaller and more numerous than seed-cones;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="microsporangium quantity;microsporangium arrangement;microsporangium size">sporophylls bearing many crowded, small microsporangia (pollen-sacs) adaxially;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pollen shape;pollen architecture">pollen spheric, not winged.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed-cone duration;seed-cone shape;seed-cone shape;plant atypical quantity;plant quantity"><b>Seed-</b>cones persistent for a year or more, 1 (–2) per plant, nearly globose to ovoid, tapering sharply or blunt at apex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="sporophyll architecture;sporophyll size or width;sporophyll size;ovule atypical quantity;ovule quantity">sporophylls peltate, thickened and laterally expanded distally, bearing 2 (–3) ovules.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed arrangement or shape;inner coat texture;outer coat texture;outer coat coloration"><b>Seeds </b>angular, inner coat hardened, outer coat fleshy, often brightly colored;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="cotyledon quantity">cotyledons 2.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Primarily tropical to warm temperate regions;North Americ;Central America;South America;Africa;Australia |discussion=<p>Genera 9, species ca. 100 (1 genus, 1 species in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=candolle1868a |text=Candolle, A. L. P. de. 1868. Cycadaceae. In: A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. de Candolle, eds. 1823--1873. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.... Paris etc. Vol. 16, part 2, pp. 522--547. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=johnson1959a |text=Johnson, L. A. S. 1959. The families of cycads and the Zamiaceae of Australia. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 84: 64--117. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=schuster1932a |text=Schuster, J. 1932. Cycadaceae. In: H. G. A. Engler, ed. 1900--1953. Das Pflanzenreich.... Berlin. Vol. 99[IV,1], pp. l--168. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Zamiaceae |author=Garrie P. Landry |authority=Horianow |rank=family |parent rank= |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Zamiaceae |illustrator=John Myers |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Primarily tropical to warm temperate regions;North Americ;Central America;South America;Africa;Australia |reference=candolle1868a;johnson1959a;schuster1932a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V2/V2_662.xml |apex prominence=exposed |cone architecture=short-peduncled |cone dehiscence=disintegrating |cone position=axillary |cone position or structure subtype=terminal |cotyledon quantity=2 |inner coat texture=hardened |leaf architecture=compound |leaf arrangement or growth form=clustered |leaflet architecture=dichotomous |leaflet architecture or shape=dentate;entire |microsporangium arrangement=crowded |microsporangium quantity=many |microsporangium size=small |outer coat coloration=colored |outer coat texture=fleshy |ovule atypical quantity=2;3 |ovule quantity=2 |plant atypical quantity=1;2 |plant quantity=1 |pollen architecture=not winged |pollen cone quantity=numerous |pollen cone size=smaller |pollen shape=spheric |rachis architecture=unarmed |resin canal presence=absent |root development=developing |root shape=coral-like |secondary-root size=small |seed arrangement or shape=angular |seed-cone duration=persistent |seed-cone shape=nearly globose;ovoid tapering sharply or blunt |sporophyll architecture=peltate |sporophyll arrangement=arranged;crowded |sporophyll size=expanded |sporophyll size or width=thickened |stem apex texture=leathery |stem architecture=branched;simple |stem fragility or size=stout |stem location=aboveground;subterranean |stem petiole texture=leathery |stem shape=cylindric |stem texture=fleshy |whole_organism duration=evergreen;perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant;palmlike |whole_organism reproduction=dioecious |whole_organism shape=fernlike }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]] Templates used on this page: Zamiaceae Illustrations (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Template:Zamiaceae (view source) Return to Zamiaceae.