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Zamia obliqua A.Braun [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 376. (1875). [BHL]

Etymology: From the Latin obliquus (‘oblique’), apparently referring to the oblique angle of insertion of the leaflets on the rachis. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Type Location(s): NT:BM

Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Puntarenas), Panama (Colón, Darién, Panamá Oeste)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Geographic Distribution

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Collection Events (52)
Image Gallery (9 observation records)

Colombia (Antioquia)

Colombia (Chocó)

Colombia (Chocó)

Colombia (Chocó)

Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

Costa Rica (Puntarenas)

References (12)

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Lopez-Gallego C. 2022. Zamia obliqua. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42171A69841044. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Hill K, Stevenson DW. 2012. The Cycad Pages, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia [Archived at archived.org]. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924224627/https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/PlantNet/cycad/index.html. WLoC URL
Description, Etymology
Taylor AS, Holzman G. 2012. A new Zamia species from the Panama Canal area. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 78 (4) : 335-344. WLoC DOI
Merello M. 2003. Zamiaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica (Vol. 2), B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92 : 14-16. WLoC
Pages: 16