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Zamia lucayana Britton

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Taxon overview

Distribution: Bahamas (Abaco, Long Island)

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)

Nomenclature

Published: Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 5(18): 311 (1907). [BHL]

Type

Collector:
Britton, NL; Millspaugh, CF 627:1
Locality:
Clarence Town
Type location(s):
HT:NY
Etymology: Honoring the Lucaya Indians, who originally inhabited the Bahamas. [source]
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Image Gallery Bahamas Long Island

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References (6)

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Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31. WLoC DOI
Etymology
Calonje M, Griffith MP. 2022. Zamia lucayana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42167A69841922. WLoC DOI
Red List Assessment
Calonje M, Meerow AW, Knowles L, Knowles D, Griffith MP, Nakamura K, Francisco-Ortega J. 2013. Cycad biodiversity in the Bahamas Archipelago and conservation genetics of the threatened Zamia lucayana (Zamiaceae). Oryx 47 (2) : 190-198. WLoC DOI
Whitelock LM . 2002. The Cycads. Portland, OR: Timber Press. WLoC
Description, Etymology
Stevenson DW. 1987. Again the West Indian zamias. Fairchild Trop. Gard. Bull. 42 (3) : 23-27. WLoC
Synonym Pages: 25
Notes: As synonym