''Zamia'' is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to

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from the United States (in Georgia and Florida) throughout the West Indies, Central America, and South America as far south as

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/ref> The genus is considered to be the most ecologically and morphologically diverse cycads, and is estimated to have originated about 68.3 million years ago.

Description

The genus comprises deciduous

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s with aerial or subterranean circular stems, often superficially resembling palms. They produce spirally arranged, pinnate

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which are pubescent, at least when young, having branched and simple, transparent and coloured hairs. The articulated leaflets lack a midrib, and are broad with subparallel dichotomous venation. Lower leaflets are not reduced to spines, though the petioles often have prickles. The emerging leaves of many ''Zamia'' species are striking, some emerging with a reddish or bronze cast ('' Z. roeslii'' being an example). '' Zamia picta'' is even more distinctive, being the only truly variegated cycad (having whitish/yellow speckles on the leaves).

Reproduction

''Zamia'' sporophylls are born in vertical rows in cones, and the megasporophyll apices are faceted or flattened, not spinose. The fleshy seeds are subglobular to oblong or ellipsoidal, and are red, orange, yellow or rarely white. The endosperm is

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, derived from the female gametophyte. The embryo is straight, with two cotyledons that are usually united at the tips and a very long, spirally twisted suspensor. The sperm of members from the genus are large, as is typical of cycads, and ''Z. roezlii'' is an example; its sperm are approximately 0.4 mm long and can be seen by the unaided eye.

Preferred habitat

All the species of ''Zamia'' produce leafy crowns of foliage that make them choice garden specimens and most varieties branch heavily in age to produce handsome clumps. With a few exceptions, most ''Zamia'' species are found in warm, humid, tropical rainforest habitats, growing in the forest understory. However, many species are still fairly adaptable, performing quite well in cultivation, especially in subtropical areas. All species need good drainage and protection from the cold.

Ecology

At least one species, ''Z. pseudoparasitica'', grows as an

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in the branches of trees.

Species

Accepted species: # '' Zamia acuminata'' Oerst.ex Dyer -

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, Nicaragua, Panama # ''

Zamia amazonum ''Zamia amazonum'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Belize, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicar ...

'' D.W.Stev. - Venezuela,

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, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil # '' Zamia amplifolia'' Hort.Bull ex Mast. - Colombia # ''

Zamia angustifolia ''Zamia angustifolia'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in the Bahamas and Cuba.Carabia, José Perez. 1941. Caribbean Forester. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 2: 89, as ''Zamia guggenheimiana'' It is threatened by habita ...

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- The Bahamas, Cuba # ''

Zamia boliviana ''Zamia boliviana'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Bolivia and Mato Grosso, Brazil.Stevenson, W. D. & S. Sabato. 1986. Typification of names in ''Zamia'' L. and ''Aulacophyllum'' Regel (Zamiaceae). Taxon ...

'' (Brongn.) A.DC. -

, Brazil (

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) # ''

Zamia chigua ''Zamia chigua'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Colombia (Choco Department and Valle del Cauca Department) and Panama (Chiriqui Province). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.Seemann ...

'' Seem. - Colombia # ''

Zamia cremnophila ''Zamia cremnophila'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the state of Tabasco in Mexico, between Teapa Teapa Municipality is a municipality in Tabasco in south-eastern Mexico. Its name comes from the Nahuatl words ...

'' Vovides, Schutzman & Dehgan - Tabasco, Mexico # ''

Zamia cunaria ''Zamia cunaria'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the area of Comarca Guna Yala, Panamá Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transco ...

'' Dressler & D.W.Stev. - Panama # '' Zamia decumbens'' Calonje, Meerman, M.P. Griff. & Hoese - Belize # '' Zamia disodon'' D.W.Stev. & Sabato - Colombia # ''

Zamia dressleri ''Zamia dressleri'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the ...

'' D.W.Stev. - Panama # ''

Zamia elegantissima ''Zamia elegantissima'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is found on the Atlantic Coast of Colón Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), i ...

'' Schutzman, Vovides & R.S.Adams - Panama # ''

Zamia encephalartoides ''Zamia encephalartoides'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is found in only two locations in Santander Province, Colombia, which are near the Chicamocha Rive ...

'' D.W. Stev. - Colombia # ''

Zamia erosa ''Zamia erosa'' is a species of cycad native to the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, described by Orator Fuller Cook and Guy N. Collins in 1903. The species formerly known as ''Z. amblyphyllidia'' (described in 1987) was de ...

'' O.F.Cook & G.N.Collins - Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico # '' Zamia fairchildiana'' L.D.Gómez - Panama, Costa Rica # ''

Zamia fischeri ''Zamia fischeri'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. It is often confused with '' Zamia vazquezii''. ''Zamia fischeri'' is named after Gustav Fischer, a cycad enthusiast of the nineteenth century. Descript ...

'' Miq. ex Lem. - Mexico (

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, Veracruz, Hidalgo,

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, Tamaulipas) # '' Zamia furfuracea'' L.f. - cardboard palm - Mexico (Veracruz) # ''

Zamia gentryi ''Zamia gentryi'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is found in two locations of Carchi Province and Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, which are located near Alto T ...

'' Dodson Ecuador # ''

Zamia gomeziana ''Zamia gomeziana'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. References *Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. ''The Cycads''. Portland: Timber Press. External links * gomeziana Flora of Costa Rica {{cycad-stub ...

'' R.H.Acuña - Costa Rica # '' Zamia grijalvensis'' Pérez-Farr., Vovides & Mart.-Camilo - Mexico (Chiapas) # ''

Zamia hamannii ''Zamia hamannii'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and s ...

'' A.S.Taylor, J.L.Haynes & Holzman - Panama # ''

Zamia herrerae ''Zamia herrerae'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. ...

'' Calderón & Standl. - Mexico (Chiapas),

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, Nicaragua,

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# ''

Zamia huilensis ''Zamia huilensis'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and ...

'' Calonje, H.E.Esquivel & D.W.Stev. Colombia # '' Zamia hymenophyllidia'' D.W.Stev. - Colombia, Peru # ''

Zamia imperialis ''Zamia imperialis'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and ...

'' A.S.Taylor, J.L.Haynes & Holzman - Panama # '' Zamia incognita'' A.Lindstr. & Idárraga - Colombia # '' Zamia inermis'' Vovides, J.D.Rees & Vázq.Torres - Mexico (Veracruz) # '' Zamia integrifolia'' L.f. - coontie palm/Florida arrowroot - United States ( Florida, Georgia), Bahamas,

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, Cuba, Puerto Rico # ''

Zamia ipetiensis ''Zamia ipetiensis'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Panama, where it is found near the town of Ipetí, Kuna de Madugandí. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and ...

'' D.W.Stev. - Panama # ''

Zamia katzeriana ''Zamia'' is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to North America from the United States (in Georgia and Florida) throughout the West Indies, Central America, and South America as far south as Bolivia. The genus is considered to be ...

'' (Regel) E.Rettig - Mexico # ''

Zamia lacandona ''Zamia lacandona'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Mexico, where it occurs only in the state of Chiapas, near Palenque and Agua Azul. This plant grows 15 to 60 centimeters tall from an underground caude ...

'' Schutzman & Vovides - Mexico (Chiapas) # '' Zamia lecointei'' Ducke - Brazil ( Pará), Venezuela, Colombia, Peru # ''

Zamia lindenii ''Zamia lindenii'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. References *Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. ''The Cycads''. Portland: Timber Press. External links * * lindenii {{cycad-stub ...

'' Regel ex André - Peru, Ecuador # ''

Zamia lindleyi ''Zamia lindleyi'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and s ...

'' Warsz. ex A.Dietr. - Panama # '' Zamia loddigesii'' Miq. Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico (

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, Chiapas, Veracruz,

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, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo, Yucatán # ''

Zamia lucayana ''Zamia lucayana'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the Bahamas, where it occurs on southeastern Long Island near Clarence Town and Turtle Cove. It is endangered by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also ter ...

'' Britton - Bahamas # '' Zamia macrochiera'' D.W.Stev. - Peru # '' Zamia manicata'' Linden ex Regel - Panama, Colombia # ''

Zamia meermanii ''Zamia meermanii'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae endemic to central Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the n ...

'' Calonje - Belize # ''

Zamia melanorrhachis ''Zamia melanorrhachis'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is native to Colombia and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Gre ...

'' D.W.Stev. - Colombia # ''

Zamia montana ''Zamia montana'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Antioquia Department, Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. ''Zamia montana'' is extremely rare and is unknown ...

'' A.Braun - Colombia # '' Zamia monticola'' Chamb. - Guatemala # ''

Zamia muricata ''Zamia muricata'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's C ...

'' Willd. - Colombia, Venezuela # ''

Zamia nana ''Encephalartos horridus'', the Eastern Cape blue cycad, is a small, low-growing cycad up to high and wide. It is a native of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, and found in arid shrublands, most commonly on ridges and slopes with shallow s ...

'' A.Lindstr., Calonje, D.W.Stev. & A.S.Taylor Panama # ''

Zamia nesophila ''Zamia nesophila'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and ...

'' A.S.Taylor, J.L.Haynes & Holzman - Panama # '' Zamia neurophyllidia'' D.W.Stev. - Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica # ''

Zamia obliqua ''Zamia obliqua'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed hab ...

'' A.Braun - Colombia # '' Zamia onan-reyesii'' C.Nelson & Sandoval - Honduras # ''

Zamia oreillyi ''Zamia oreillyi'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae endemic to Honduras. It occurs in a single location in Atlántida Department, Honduras near Hacienda Agua Caliente, which is about 2 km southwest of Jutiapa Jutiapa is a c ...

'' C.Nelson - Honduras # ''

Zamia paucijuga ''Zamia paucijuga'' is a species of plant in the cycad family Zamiaceae. The cycad is Endemism, endemic to southwestern and western Mexico. It is widely distributed along the Pacific Coast of Mexico and also on Maria Cleofas island. It is found ...

'' Wieland - Mexico ( Guerrero,

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, Colima,

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, Nayarit, Oaxaca) # '' Zamia poeppigiana'' Mart. & Eichler - Bolivia, Brazil (

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Zamia portoricensis ''Zamia portoricensis'', the marunguey, is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Susua State Forest region of western Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonweal ...

'' Urb. - Puerto Rico # ''

Zamia prasina ''Zamia prasina'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is native to Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Chiapas in Mexico and Guatemala and Belize. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is ...

'' W.Bull - Belize, Mexico (Tabasco, Yucatán) # '' Zamia pseudomonticola'' L.D.Gómez - Panama, Costa Rica # '' Zamia pseudoparasitica'' Yates - Panama # '' Zamia pumila'' L. - guáyara / Dominican zamia -

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Zamia purpurea ''Zamia purpurea'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it occurs only in the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz. It grows in the understory of rainforests. It is affected by habitat destruction Habitat d ...

'' Vovides, J.D.Rees & Vázq.Torres - Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) # ''

Zamia pygmaea ''Zamia pygmaea'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae found only in Cuba. It is the smallest living cycad. It is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List based on its limited distribution, severely fragmented habitat, and ...

'' Sims - Cuba # ''

Zamia pyrophylla ''Zamia pyrophylla'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. References *Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. ''The Cycads''. Portland: Timber Press. External links * pyrophylla {{cycad-stub ...

'' Calonje, D.W.Stev. & A.Lindstr. - Colombia # ''

Zamia restrepoi ''Zamia restrepoi'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and ...

'' (D.W.Stev.) A.Lindstr. - Colombia # ''

Zamia roezlii ''Zamia roezlii'' is a species of cycad, a palm-like pachycaulous plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Colombia (Choco, Nariño, Valle del Cauca, and Amazonas departments) and the Pacific coast of Ecuador. It is named for the Czech bot ...

'' Regel ex Linden - Colombia, Ecuador # ''

Zamia sandovalii ''Zamia sandovalii'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. References *Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. ''The Cycads''. Portland: Timber Press. External links * sandovalii {{cycad-stub ...

'' C.Nelson - Honduras # ''

Zamia skinneri ''Zamia skinneri'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the coastal area of mainland Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. Its common name is ''cebolla roja''. This has long been considered to be a variable plant that was ...

'' Warsz. ex A.Dietr. - Panama # ''

Zamia soconuscensis ''Zamia soconuscensis'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to the Soconusco Mountains of Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign ...

'' Schutzman, Vovides & Dehgan - Mexico (Chiapas) # '' Zamia spartea'' A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle - Mexico (Oaxaca) # '' Zamia standleyi'' Schutzman - Guatemala, Honduras # ''

Zamia stevensonii ''Zamia stevensonii'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical an ...

'' A.S.Taylor & Holzman Panama # '' Zamia stricta'' Miq. - Cuba # ''

Zamia tolimensis ''Zamia tolimensis'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. References *Whitelock, Loran M. 2002. ''The Cycads''. Portland: Timber Press. External links * tolimensis {{cycad-stub ...

'' Calonje, H.E.Esquivel & D.W.Stev - Colombia # '' Zamia tuerckheimii'' Donn.Sm. - Guatemala # ''

Zamia ulei ''Zamia ulei'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. References ulei ''Osteomeles anthyllidifolia'', commonly called ''Ūlei'', ''eluehe'', ''uulei'', Hawaiian rose, or Haw ...

'' Dammer - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil # '' Zamia urep'' B.Walln. - Peru # ''

Zamia variegata ''Zamia variegata'' is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is native to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. It grows in forests. It is threatened by habitat destruction Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habit ...

'' Warsz. - Mexico (Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala # '' Zamia vazquezii'' D.W.Stev., Sabato & De Luca - Mexico (Veracruz) # '' Zamia verschaffeltii'' Miq. - Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas) # ''

Zamia wallisii ''Zamia wallisii'' is a species of plant in the Coontie Family (Zamiaceae). It is endemic to Colombia. Its common name is ''chigua''. History ''Zamia wallisii'' was described in 1875 by Alexander Braun from material collected by Gustav Wallis i ...

'' H.J.Veitch - Colombia

References

External links

The Cycad Pages: Genus ''Zamia''