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Zamia lacandona Schutzman & Vovides [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: Novon 8(4): 441-446, figs. 1-3. (1998). [BHL]

Etymology: Referring to its occurrence in the Lacandona rainforest (“Selva Lacandona”) of eastern Chiapas, Mexico, which is named for the Lacandona Indians of Mayan descent who inhabit it. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: B. Schutzman 517
Locality: Mexico: Chiapas: Selva Lacandona , Jul 1984
Type Location(s): HT:FLAS; IT:XAL

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A2cd

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Mexico (Chiapas)

Mexico (Chiapas)

Mexico (Chiapas)

References (5)

Comment(s)
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
2009
Nicolalde-Morejón F, Vovides AP, Stevenson DW. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Zamia in Mega-Mexico. Brittonia 61 (4): 301-335. [JSTOR]
2008
Osborne R, Nicolalde-Morejón F, Vovides AP. 2008. Focus on Zamia lacandona. Encephalartos 94 : 11-14.
2012
Pérez-Farrera MA, Vovides AP, Martínez-Camilo R, Martínez-Melendez N, Gómez-Domínguez H, Galici. 2012. Zamia grijalvensis sp. nov. (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) from Chiapas, Mexico with notes on hybridization and karyology. Nordic J. Bot. 30 (5): 565-570.
1998
Schutzman B, Vovides AP. 1998. A new Zamia (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) from eastern Chiapas, Mexico. Novon 8 (4): 441-446.
Protologue description