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Zamia cunaria Dressler & D.W.Stev. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Brittonia 45(1): 5-6, fig. 2. (1993).

Etymology: Honoring the Cuna (now Kuna) Indians of Panama, who inhabit the area of endemism and who use the seeds to make necklaces. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: D.W. Stevenson et al. 1153
Locality: Panama: San Blas, Cuna Yala , 18 Jan 1989
Type Location(s): HT:NY; IT:F,FTG,K,MO,NY,PMA,U

Distribution: Panama (Colón, Panamá, Kuna de Wargandi, Kuna Yala)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered B1ab(iii,v)

References (3)

Comment(s)
2010
Calonje M, Stevenson DW, Calonje C, Ramos YA, Lindström AJ. 2010. A new species of Zamia from Choco, Colombia (Cycadales, Zamiaceae). Brittonia 62 (1): 80-85. [JSTOR]
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
1993
Stevenson DW. 1993. The Zamiaceae in Panama with comments on phytogeography and species relationships. Brittonia 45 (1) : 1-16. [JSTOR]
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