Cycad Names | Cycadales > Zamiaceae > Zamia > Zamia gentryi Dodson

Zamia gentryi Dodson [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Novon 8(1): 12-14, fig. 1a-f. (1998). [BHL]

Etymology: Honoring Dr. Alwyn Howard Gentry (1945–1993) of the Missouri Botanical Garden, American botanist and botanical explorer of the Neotropics who participated in the collection of the type specimen. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: C. Dodson & A. H. Gentry 17520A
Locality: Ecuador: Esmeraldas: km 18 Lita to San Lorenzo, near Alto Tambo , 800 m , 19 Jul 1988
Type Location(s): HT:QCNE; LT:AAU, MO, NY, RPSC, SEL

Distribution: Ecuador (Carchi, Esmeraldas)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)

Image Gallery (1 observation records)

Ecuador (Carchi)

References (3)

Comment(s)
2015
Calonje M, Morales G, López-Gallego C, Roldán FJ. 2015. A taxonomic revision of Zamia montana and Zamia oligodonta, with notes on their conservation status. Phytotaxa 192 (4): 279-289. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.192.4.5. [DOI]
Included in key
1998
Dodson CH. 1998. A new species of Zamia (Zamiaceae) from Ecuador. Novon 8 (1) : 12-14.
Protologue description
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.