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Zamia furfuracea L.f. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3: 477. (1789). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin furfuraceus (‘scurfy’), referring to the reddish-brown trichomes on the newly emerging leaves. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): LT:pl. 210 in Herm. Parad. Bat., 1698
Type notes: Lectotype designated by Stevenson & Sabato, Taxon 35: 136(1986)

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Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered B1ab(v)

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Bösenberg JD. 2022. Zamia furfuracea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T213252394A69839756. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Sánchez-Tinoco MY, Ordóñez-Balderas JR, Engleman M. 2012. Starch accumulation in the megagametophyte of Ceratozamia mexicana Brongn. and Zamia furfuracea L. f. In: Stevenson DW, Osborne R, Taylor Blake AS, editors . Proceedings of Cycad 2008, The 8th International Conference on Cycad Biology. p. 251-262. WLoC URL
Calonje M. 2009. A new cliff-dwelling species of Zamia (Zamiaceae) from Belize. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3 (1) : 23-39. WLoC URL

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Nicolalde-Morejón F, Vovides AP, Stevenson DW. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Zamia in Mega-Mexico. Brittonia 61 (4) : 301-335. WLoC DOI JSTOR