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Zamia acuminata

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Zamia acuminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Cycadophyta
Class: Cycadopsida
Order: Cycadales
Family: Zamiaceae
Genus: Zamia
Species:
Z. acuminata
Binomial name
Zamia acuminata
Oerst.ex Dyer

Zamia acuminata is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae which is threatened by habitat loss. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

The holotype of Zamia acuminata is a leaf collected by Anders Sandøe Ørsted in Costa Rica or Nicaragua between 1846 and 1848. It was described by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer in 1884.[2] While the label with the specimen has the note ad flumen S. Juan Nicaragua on it, suggesting that the leaf was collected near the San Juan River in southern Nicaragua, no other specimens of the plant have been found in Nicaragua or adjacent parts of Costa Rica.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Stevenson, D.W. (2010). "Zamia acuminata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T42159A10644185. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42159A10644185.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lindström et al. 2013, p. 27.
  3. ^ Lindström et al. 2013, pp. 27–28.

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