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Zamia fischeri Miq. [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(1): 20. (1845).

Etymology: Honoring Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782–1854), Russian botanist of German origin who was director of the St. Petersburg Botanic Garden. (Whitelock 2002) [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: F.A.W. Miquel s.n.
Locality: ex Horto Petropolittano in H. Houtte vecta
Type Location(s): NT:U
Type notes: Neotype designated by Stevenson & Sabato, Taxon 35: 136 (1986)

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Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A4cd

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Geographic Distribution

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Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Mexico (Tamaulipas)

References (15)

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Bösenberg JD. 2022. Zamia fischeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42134A69837578. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Nicolalde-Morejón F, Vovides AP, Stevenson DW. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Zamia in Mega-Mexico. Brittonia 61 (4) : 301-335. WLoC DOI JSTOR
Schutzman B. 2005. The history of Zamia fischeri and Z. vazquezii. Cycad Newslett. 28 (3) : 28-29. WLoC
Whitelock LM . 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. WLoC
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