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Zamia erosa

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

Zamia amblyphyllidia D.W.Stev.

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.[2] The species formerly known as Z. amblyphyllidia (described in 1987) was determined in 2010 to be the same species as Z. erosa.[3] It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List.[1]

Z. erosa is part of the Zamia pumila species complex.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bösenberg, J.D. & Stevenson, D.W. (2023) [errata version of 2022 assessment]. "Zamia erosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 (2): e.T187835A243403741. Retrieved 4 December 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Cook, Orator F.; Collins, Guy N. (1903). "Economic plants of Porto Rico". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 8: 267.
  3. ^ Calonje M, Meerow AW, Stevenson DW (2010). "The typification of Zamia erosa and the priority of that name over Z. amblyphyllidia". Taxon. 59 (2): 637–642. doi:10.1002/tax.592031. JSTOR 25677624.
  4. ^ Calonje, Michael; Meerow, Alan W.; Knowles, Lindy; Knowles, David; Griffith, M. Patrick; Nakamura, Kyoko; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (April 2013). "Cycad biodiversity in the Bahamas Archipelago and conservation genetics of the threatened Zamia lucayana (Zamiaceae)". Oryx. 47 (2). Introduction. doi:10.1017/S0030605312000129.